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Did an Invitation to Submit Multiple Proposals Turn an LPTA Procurement Into Best Value Comparison?
How Did a Mismatch Between the Items on Awardee’s GSA Schedule and Items Required by Solicitation Result in a Sustained Protest?
Was this Protester Able to Shift Blame for a Badly Botched Demonstration onto the Agency?
Why Were this Protester’s Key Personnel Resumes Not Up to Snuff?
Protester Said Agency Failed to Consider a Negative Past Performance Reference. Why Did GAO Find the Agency Properly Disregarded the Reference?
If You Argue a Competitor’s Past Performance Reference Differs from the Solicitation, Be Sure to Provide Some Examples of the Differences
Past Performance Reference Met Solicitation’s Requirements, So Why Was It Not Relevant?
Did Post-Award Attempts to Recruit Staff Mean the Awardee Pulled a “Bait and Switch” with Key Personnel?
How Does a Prevailing Protester Prove It Incurred Legal Fees for Purposes of the EAJA?
Protester Claimed SBA Didn’t Properly Consider Impact of Placing Contract in 8(a) Program. Why Did GAO Find the Impact Analysis Reasonable?
Protester Alleged Its Past Performance References Should’ve Been Very Relevant. GAO Said “Nice Try.”
Protester Alleged Task Order Solicitation Sought IT Services Beyond Scope of IDIQ. At What Point Does an Ancillary IT Requirement Become a Contract for IT Services?
Did the Agency Conduct Misleading Discussions or Did You Just Exercise Regrettable Business Judgment?
Protester Challenged Agency’s Decision to Override a CICA Stay. Why Was the Protest Moot?
You Gotta Bring More than a Hunch When Asserting the Awardee Has an OCI
How Heavy-Handed Redactions to the Agency Record Resulted in a Sustained Protest
Protester Objected to the Scope of Corrective Action. Why Did GAO Find the Protest Premature?
Does a Rectangle Have a Radius? GAO Dusts off its Copy of Euclid to Get to the Bottom (or the Center?) of this Perplexing Conundrum.
Appellant Filed Unsigned, Untimely Size Appeal Based on New Evidence Not Provided to the SBA Area Office. Did OHA Consider the Appeal?
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