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Simultaneous Award of IDIQ and Task Order Does Not Trigger FASA Bar to Court’s Protest Jurisdiction; COFC No. 19-1205, PAE-Parsons Global Logistics Services LLC v. United States and Fluor Intercontinental Inc.
Argument that Italian JV Failed to Comply with Solicitation Requirements Melts Like Gelato in the Tuscan Sun; Gemmo S.p.A., GAO B-416864.3
Agency’s Award of Bridge Contract Not In Conflict with Permanent Injunction; COFC No. 19-55C, ANHAM FZCO v. United States and KGL Food Services WLL
Agency Procuring Services on Behalf of VA Can Skip Rule of Two; Veterans4You, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-931C
Protester’s Cost Realism Argument Crashes on the Shoals of Agency Discretion; Highlight Technologies, LLC, GAO B-417620
New Owner’s Inability to Demonstrate Experience in Company’s Line of Business Scuttles SDVOSB Status; In the Matter of SDVE, LLC, SBA No. VET-281
Requirement to Submit Past Performance References from Subcontractors and Partners Does Not Mean Agency Must Evaluate References from Subcontractors and Partners Equally; K2 Solutions, Inc., GAO B-417689
Weakness Warranted for Offeror Who Provided Businessy-Sounding Banalities in Response to Agency’s Request for Specifics; IBM Corporation, GAO B-417664
Challenge to Agency’s Evaluation Under Non-Existent Evaluation Criterion Goes Nowhere; ASRC Federal Data Solutions, LLC, GAO B-417655, B-417655.2, B-417655.3
Agency Can Take Corrective Action to Remedy Issue Not Raised in a Protest; Far North Forestry, LLC, GAO B-417502.2
Despite Torrent of Gossip, Innuendo, and Smack-Talk, COFC Finds No Conflict of Interest; Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 18-1671C
Scored Evaluation Criteria Not Unduly Restrictive Just Because Offerors Do Not Qualify for Every Point Available Under the Criteria; ADVENTureOne LLC; Apogee Engineering, LLC, GAO B-408685.23; B-408685.26
Obligation to Post RFQ on GSA’s e-Buy System Did Not Mean Agency Had to Ensure Offerors Could View the Post; CC&C Management Services, LLC, GAO B-417594
Agency Provided Meaningful Discussions by Telling Offeror its Price was Too High; Altavian, Inc., GAO B-417701, B-417701.2
Agency’s Decision to Award Sole-Source Contract was Justified; DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc., GAO B-417628, B-417628.2, B-417628.3
GAO Lacks Authority to Hear Challenge to SBA Certificate of Compliance; Semper Valens Solutions, Inc., GAO B-417028.4
Protester Cannot Evade Jurisdictional Bar on Task Order Protests by Claiming Protest Is Merely “Related” to a Task Order; ServeFed, Inc., GAO B-417708
One-Word Response to a Solicitation Requirement that Requested an Explanation Nullifies Proposal; BZ Defense, LLC, GAO B-417657
Agency Properly Considered Experience of Proposed Personnel as Part of Evaluating Offeror’s Overall Corporate Experience; Sigmatech, Inc., GAO B-417589; B-417589.2; B-417589.3
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