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The Protester Claimed Other Offerors Lacked Necessary Licenses. Why Couldn’t GAO Do Anything About It?
Can Contractors Offer Incentives For Agencies to Exercise Option Years? GAO Says No Problem.
OHA Confirms It Lacks Jurisdiction Over 8(a) Eligibility Protests
Protester Challenged a Deficiency Assessed to Its Proposal. Why Did GAO Think the Deficiency Was Warranted?
The Protester Said the Awardee’s Teaming Agreement Showed Intent of Noncompliance. GAO Disagreed.
GAO Sustains Protest, Finds Use of “Etc.” in Solicitation Created Latent Ambiguity
The Protester and Agency Disputed Whether the Solicitation Required an Inventory List. Why Did GAO Side with the Agency?
Protester Claimed Agency Had “No Right” to Review Its Past Performance. GAO Thought Otherwise.
The Protester Argued the Agency Deviated from the Acquisition Plan and Strategy Documents. Why Did the COFC Find the Protester Waived this Argument?
GAO Says Agency Not Required to Discuss a Noncompliant Proposal
Protester Convinces Federal Circuit Its Protest Isn’t Moot, But Can’t Overcome Lack of Standing
Protester Claimed Agency Ignored “Red Flags” in Awardee’s Proposal. COFC Wasn’t Convinced.
Protester Argued Agency Didn’t Properly Assess Price Realism. But GAO Said an Evaluation of Realism Was Unnecessary.
GAO Says a Chinese-Owned Provider Presented a National Security Risk for a TNT Contract
The Protester Argued the Agency Had Improperly Waived First Article Testing for the Awardee. GAO Didn’t See It that Way.
GAO Sustains Protest Due to Unreasonable Price Analysis
The Agency Said the Protester’s Waiver for Covered Telecommunications Equipment Wasn’t Valid. Why Did COFC Reject the Agency’s Position and Side with the Protester?
GAO Sustains Protest, Finds Agency Botched Price Realism Analysis
The Solicitation Permitted Proposals in Arial Font, But that Doesn’t Mean Offerors Could Use Any of the Arial “Family of Fonts”
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