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Best Value Tradeoff Requires More than Boilerplate Pablum
COFC Says Agency Disparately Evaluated Proposals, But the Protester Wasn’t Prejudiced
GAO Says There’s No OCIs If There’s No Competition
Protester Asserted Multiple Disparate Evaluation Arguments. One of Them Hit the Bullseye.
Protester Submitted a Portion of Its FPR Late. Why Was the Agency Justified in Rejecting the Entire Proposal?
Can an Agency Rely on “Close at Hand” Information When Evaluating Management Approach? GAO Says Yes.
Agency May Have Been “Handing Out Sole-Source Awards Like Lollipops,” But Protester Lacked Standing to Object
Agencies Must Consider the Experience of a Mentor-Protégé JV in the Aggregate, But Proteges Have to Bring Something to the Table
So, You Got Some Strengths. That Doesn’t Mean Your Proposal Is Better Than Acceptable.
CO Said Protester Was Non-Responsible Because Member of Protester’s JV Was Suspended. Why Did the COFC Think the CO Made the Wrong Call?
Evaluation Contained Superlatives. Did this Mean the Protester Should’ve Been Rated as Outstanding?
Protester Contended Solicitation Was Ambiguous and Unduly Restrictive. Not So, Said GAO.
Protester Complained About a Cost Adjustment. Why Did GAO Think the Adjustment Was Justified?
Do You Suspect the Solicitation May Be Unconstitutional? GAO Can’t Help You.
GAO Says Agency Botched Professional Compensation and Cost Realism Evaluations, Upends $3.8 Billion Award
Protester Unable to Convince GAO It’s an Interested Party
So, You Think the Agency Should’ve Given You a Sole Source Award? Don’t Come Crying to GAO.
Government Prevailed in GAO Protest But then Lost at COFC. Did the Split Decision Mean the Protester Couldn’t Recover Fees Under the EAJA?
Protester Claimed Solicitation Placed Unreasonable Risk on the Contractor. But GAO Said Contractors Will Have to Deal.
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