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How Did this Protest Turn into a Squabble Over the Difference Between Literal and Figurative Language?
Why Did GAO Think this Solicitation Did Not Adhere to Customary Commercial Practices?
GAO Will Consider a Late Protest If It Raises a “Significant Issue,” But What Qualifies as a Significant Issue?
Protester Alleged that Problems with Its Proposed Schedule Were Trivial. Why Didn’t GAO Agree?
A Spanish Inquisition: Did the Agency Misapply Spanish Law in Awarding this Contract?
Evaluation Used Terminology Describing Significant Weakness, But Agency Swore It Only Intended to Assess a Weakness. Did GAO Buy the Agency’s Explanation?
Agency Assessed Weakness for Not Proposing Enough FTEs. Did this Determination Amount to a Price Realism Evaluation?
Meditations on the Dismal Science: Does a Degree in Economics Count as a Business Degree?
Does an Agency Have to Consider Past Performance When Awarding a Task Order?
Awardee’s Subcontractor Hired Several Former Agency Employees. Why Didn’t this Give Rise to an OCI?
Protester Essentially Argued Agency Failed to Discern Nuances in Its Proposal. Why Wasn’t GAO Convinced?
Why Did GAO Think the Agency’s Evaluation of Professional Compensation Was Essentially a Train Wreck?
Does the Transitive Property Apply to Interested Party Status?
How Did this Protester Convince GAO that It Deserved an Additional Strength?
Should the CO Have Spent More than One Day Analyzing Capability Statements Before Making a Set-Aside Decision?
Unhappy With Discussions During Corrective Action? When Should You File a Protest?
So You Want to Recover Protest Costs. How Do You Determine Whether Your Unsuccessful Arguments Are Severable from the Successful Ones?
The Protester Said the Agency’s Market Survey Was Tacitly Manipulative. Why Didn’t GAO Buy this Argument?
COFC Strikes a Blow Against the Tyranny of the “Late Is Late” Rule, But Did the Court Resolve a Precedential Split over the “Government Control” Exception?
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