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Protester Was Unhappy with the Past Performance Evaluation. GAO Wasn’t Sympathetic.
Agency Tried to Explain Discrepancies in Evaluation. GAO Didn’t Buy It.
Protester Said Agency Improperly Bundled Requirements. Why Wasn’t the Federal Circuit Persuaded?
Agency Found that One Strength Assessed to Awardee Was Equivalent to Two Strengths Assessed to Protester. Why Was GAO Cool With This?
Agency Relied on a GAO Decision in Rejecting Protester’s Bid, But COFC Said GAO Decision Wasn’t Supported by GAO Precedent
Agency Contended It Performed Qualitative Analysis Required by Solicitation. Why Did GAO Think the Analysis Wasn’t Up to Snuff?
Agency’s Litigation Strategy Results in Sustained Protest
Solicitation Required Separate Price and Technical Volumes. Did that Mean the Agency Needed Separate Price and Technical Evaluation Teams?
Protester Didn’t Think It Needed to Provide a Cost Breakdown of Labor Rates. GAO Begged to Differ.
You May Not Need to Satisfy a Solicitation Requirement Before Proposal Submission, But You’ll Need to Satisfy It at Some Point During Performance
Awardee Got a Strength for Exceeding Delivery Requirements. The Solicitation Didn’t Focus on Exceeding Delivery Requirements. Did the Agency Apply Unstated Criteria?
Protester Said Agency Needed to Explain Confusing Evaluation Notices. Why Didn’t GAO Agree?
Incumbent Complained Agency Assessed a Strength to the Awardee for Proposing Incumbent Staff But Didn’t Assess Similar Strength to the Incumbent. Why Did GAO Reject the Argument?
Protester Said Agency Should’ve Explained Difference Between Initial and Corrective Action Evaluation. GAO Was Unmoved.
Protester Rings the Bell on Unequal Treatment and Unstated Criteria Arguments
Protester Said the Government Estimate Was Stale, But GAO Thought It Had Some Life In It
Protester’s Argument Hinged on the Difference Between a Vacated and Reversed Size Determination. Why Did GAO Think the Issue Was Moot?
Protester Said It Had an Exclusive Right to NASA’s Trash. Why Didn’t GAO Buy It?
Protester Alleged Agency Wrongly Rejected Its Beret. GAO Said C’est la Vie.
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