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Agency Can Reject a Bid Due to the Appearance of Impropriety. But Does the Agency Need to Show the Impropriety Impacted the Procurement?
Solicitation Asked for Financial Statements. Protester Submitted One-Page Letter from a Bank. GAO Said Letter Didn’t Cut It.
Protester Didn’t Submit a Bid but Claimed It Still Had Standing to Protest. What Did COFC Think?
Agency Really Misunderstood the Meaning of “De Facto”
GAO Says Protester’s Strength Was Not “Strong Enough”
GAO Finds Agency Mailed It in with Slapdash Evaluation
Awardee Hadn’t Complied with Trade Agreements Act Requirement. Why Didn’t GAO Sustain?
GAO Defines the Meaning of “Comparative Assessment.” It’s More Open-Ended than You’d Think.
Protester’s Interested-Party Status Thwarted by Pesky Intervening Offerors
Protester Said FASA Jurisdictional Bar for Civilian IDIQs Applied to a Task Order Issued by a Civilian Agency Under a DoD IDIQ. GAO Didn’t Agree.
GAO Delineates Boundary Between Technical Experience and Past Performance
Protester Attempts Sisyphean Task of Arguing for Additional Strengths
COFC Says Protester Doesn’t Need to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Before Challenging USPS Award
COFC Opined that Evaluation Was “Sloppy” But Not Sloppy Enough to Sustain a Protest
How Did this Protester Waive Its Right to Challenge a Corrective Action?
Protester Submitted Same Proposal It Used in an Earlier Procurement. Did the Agency Err in Rating the Proposal Lower the Second Time Around?
You Can Ask the Agency to Clarify a Debriefing, But That Won’t Stop the Clock for an Agency Protest
Time for a Do-Over: GAO Finds Agency Mangled Discussions and Made Award to an Ineligible Offeror
Agency Said It Didn’t Need to Strictly Follow Solicitation When Making Award. Why Did GAO Think This Argument Undermined the Entire Bid Protest System?
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