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Another Proposal Doomed by Generic Industry Buzzwords
Protester Said Awardee’s Key Person Misrepresented His Intentions. COFC Didn’t See It.
Protester Didn’t Like Solicitation’s New Price Realism Methodology, But GAO Was Cool With It
How Much Documentation Is Required for a Merely Adequate Proposal?
Protester Said Awardee’s OCI Mitigation Plan Wasn’t Up to Snuff. Why Wasn’t the COFC Convinced?
Take Heed: Your Post-Award Communications Could Turn into an Unwitting Agency Protest
Your Quotation May Have Included a Document You Didn’t Intend to Submit, But You Can’t Complain If the Agency Considered It
COFC Finds Agency Didn’t Understand Implications of Solicitation Requirement
Protester’s Final Proposal Revisions Were Late. Why Didn’t the Agency Consider the Protester’s Initial Revisions Instead?
Protester Claimed Awardee Didn’t Satisfy List of Requirements. GAO Said No Worries, the List Didn’t Set Forth Requirements
Protester Unable to Whitewash Apparent Unfair Advantage
Protester Objected to Agency’s OCI Investigation. Why Did GAO Sustain?
Agency Raised Concern in Initial Round of Discussions, But It Wasn’t Resolved. Did the Agency Have to Keep Raising the Issues in Subsequent Discussions?
Was the Agency’s Evaluation of Key Personnel Resumes too Glib or Did the Protester Just Propose Unqualified People?
Protester Alleged Agency Canceled Solicitation in Bad Faith. COFC Thought Protester May Have a Point.
Agency Rounded Awardee’s Small Business Participation Up to the Solicitation Minimum. Why Didn’t GAO Find this Problematic?
Protester Proves Misleading Discussions But Can’t Establish Prejudice
Protester Complained Agency Used Different Approaches to Assess Cost Realism. GAO Said this Was Neither Unsurprising nor Unreasonable.
If The Agency Cancels the Contract Before Finalizing the Award, GAO Can’t Help You
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