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Low Confidence, Low Chances: Agency Boots Proposal for Lack of Experience
A New “Loser Pays” Rule for Civilian Agency Protests and Increasing the Simplified Acquisition Threshold from $350,000 to $10,000,000—Reviewing GSA’s 2026 Legislative Proposals
Palantir Protests DIA’s ASTRA Custom-Software Solicitation, Freezing the SITE III Task Order
Court Rejects Challenge to Post-Award Personnel Changes, Finds It’s Not Bid Protest Issue
Protester Alleged the Agency Held Discussions, GAO Said Agency Merely Sought Clarifications
Strategi Consulting: A Jurisdictional Win for SBIR Contractors
GAO Rejects Red Cat’s Protest Over Skydio’s $52.9M DLA Order
Contracting Officers Have Broad Authority to Evaluate Proposals, But They Don’t Get to Change the Scoring System
Portal Rejected Proposal? Blame the Typos, Not the System
A Protest May Be Related to a Task Order, But that Doesn’t Mean It’s Precluded by the FASA Task Order Bar
COFC Finds Jurisdiction Over SBIR Protest
The Awardee Hired a Former Army Commander Who Helped with the Proposal. Why Didn’t This Give the Awardee an Unfair Advantage?
GAO Shoots Down Protest of $53M Drone Order
SPRS Score Sinks Low-Bidder’s Underwater Regulator Quote
New Rules, New Risks: What the 2026 RCFC Amendments Mean for Bid Protests and Contract Claims
FAR Subpart 9.5: The Three Conflicts That Can Kill an Award
Size Matters Twice: COFC Says VA Could Check an Offeror’s Small Business Status at Task Order Award
SAM I Am: Can an Agency Update a SAM Registration Clause During Corrective Action to Preserve Competition?
GAO Reminds Agencies that “Less Favorable” Doesn’t Mean “Ignored:” A Past Performance Lesson from a Recent VA Protest
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