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Protester Cannot Disguise Price Realism Argument as Technical Evaluation Argument; GAO B-417440, Up-Side Management Company
Agency Not Required to Correct Allegedly Minor Error in Protester’s Cost Proposal; COFC No. 19332C, Mission1st Group Inc. v. United States
Statute that Requires Agency to Consider the Impact of Contract Consolidation on Small Businesses Does Not Apply to BPAs; GAO B-417500, Coast to Coast Computer Products Inc.
Contractor’s Unfamiliarity with GAO’s Protest Deadlines Cannot Save an Untimely Protest; GAO B-417768, Best Practices Group
Conversion of a Sealed Bid Acquisition into a Negotiated Procurement Did Not Extend Time to Protest Solicitation Terms; GAO B-417213.3, Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Company, LLC
GAO Sustains Challenge to Agency’s Cost Realism Evaluation; GAO B-415633.3, Valkyrie Enterprises LLC
Court Compels Government to Produce Tests Showing Awardee’s Products Met Solicitation Requirements; COFC No. 19-792C, Alaska Structures Inc. v. United States and California Industrial Facilities Resources Inc.
Protest Grounds Dispute Between Private Parties Over Data Rights; GAO B-417450, Warmore Inc.
Protester Entitled to Preliminary Injunction Where It is Likely to Prevail on its Challenge to An Agency’s Corrective Action; COFC No. 19-932C, Peraton Inc. v. United States
GAO Finds No Evidence Agency Improperly Allowed Awardee to Revise Quotation to Resolve OCI Allegations; GAO B-416937.3, Safal Partners Inc.
Allegations of Price Collusion Actually Antitrust Complaints that GAO Declines to Review; GAO B-417085.2, The Bridge General Trading & Contracting Company
Failure to Submit Proof of Facility Clearance Did Not Trigger Obligation for SBA Responsibility Determination; GAO B-417484, ProTech Services USA LLC
Wishy-Washy Letters of Intent Were Nonetheless Sufficient to Assure Agency that Proposed Key Personnel Would Be Available to Perform; GAO B-417387, American Systems Corporation
Government Officials Who Left a Procuring Agency for Jobs with an Offeror Had Real and Apparent Conflicts of Interest, But Those Conflicts Did Not Taint the Procurement; Oracle America, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 18-1880C
Solicitation’s Page Limitation No Excuse for Failing to Provide Required Information; GAO B-417495, Adams and Associates Inc.
Agency Need Not Compensate for Every Incumbent Advantage; GAO B-417545, Integrity National Corporation
“I’m Not a Lawyer” No Excuse for Untimely Protest Filing; GAO B-417650, Asahi General Trading & Contracting Company
Offeror Not Responsible When It Cannot Offer Competitor’s Software; COFC No. 19-165C, PTC Inc. v. United States
Offeror Cannot Use Proposed Web Manager’s Freelance Consultant Work to Satisfy Key Personnel Experience Requirements; GAO B-416591, DevTech Systems Inc.
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