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Protester Wanted to Supplement the Administrative Record, But COFC Found the Request Overbroad and Unnecessary
Protester Said Non-Incumbents Could Not Receive a Strength for Their Transition Plans. GAO Rejected the Argument.
Protester Said Agency Applied Unstated Criteria. COFC Concurred.
The Evaluation Team Could Not Reach Consensus Ratings. Could the SSA Adopt the Dissenting Evaluator’s Ratings?
Protester Challenges Awardee’s Strengths But Failed to Convince GAO They Were Unwarranted
GAO Rebukes Agency for Playing Coy with Salient Characteristics in Brand Name or Equal Procurement
Protester Thought Solicitation Prescribed an Illusory Price Evaluation. Why Did GAO Say the Evaluation Was Legit?
Protester Objected to Its Elimination from the Competition. GAO Didn’t Find Its Arguments Compelling.
Agency Disclosed Internal Procurement Memo to the Awardee. Why Wasn’t the Disclosure a PIA Violation?
COFC Examines Blurry Line Between a Letter of Intent and a Letter of Interest
Past Performance Evaluation Didn’t Sit Well with Protester, But GAO Said Protester’s Complaints Amounted to Mere Disagreement
Agency Took Prompt Corrective Action, But Protester Said Corrective Action Did Not Address the Protest Issues. Does this Mean the Protester Is Entitled to Costs?
Protester Was Unhappy with Sole-Source Award. But GAO Found Protest Was Based on a Misapprehension of the Agency’s Needs.
Was This Agency Too Focused on the Aesthetics of the Protester’s Proposal?
Protester Objected to the Adequacy of Discussions. Why Was This an Untimely Challenge to the Solicitation?
Protester Only Had One Meritorious Argument. Why Did GAO Recommend Costs for All the Protester’s Arguments?
Parroting Solicitation Language Is Not a Winning Approach to Proposal Writing
Protester Complained About the Compensation Evaluation. But GAO Said the Protester Submitted a Shoddy Compensation Plan.
GAO Says Agency Fumbled the Experience Evaluation, Recommends a Redo
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