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Is a Certification Requirement a Matter of Bidder Responsibility or Bid Responsiveness?
Can a Firm that Doesn’t Hold a Schedule Contract Protest an Order Made Under a Schedule Contract?
Protester Certified It Would Satisfy Solicitation’s Requirements. Why Was the Proposal Still Unacceptable?
How to Tell the Difference Between Responsiveness and Responsibility
The Next Time You Draft a Proposal, Put this on a Post-Note and Stick to Your Screen: Vague Assertions Don’t Satisfy Specific Requirements
If Some IDIQ Awards Were Set Aside for Small Businesses, Can the Agency Also Set Aside Orders Under an Unrestricted IDIQ?
Court Denied Most of Contractor’s Claims and Granted Government’s Affirmative Defense. Why Was the Contractor Still a “Prevailing Party” Under the EAJA?
Did the Agency Err in Considering a Past Contract the Protester Didn’t Submit and that Didn’t Satisfy Solicitation’s Recency/Relevancy Criteria?
GAO Rejects Agency’s Tortured Explanation as to How a Key Person Who Resigned Was Still Technically Available. If a Key Person Leaves After Proposal Submission, When Do They Become “Unavailable”?
So You’re a Losing Incumbent Objecting to an Override of the CICA Stay Because You Want to Keep Performing During the Protest. You Better Hope the Agency Was Happy with Your Previous Performance
Office Depot Convinces GAO that Agency Didn’t Properly Anticipate Its Needs for Office Supplies. How Did the Agency Bollix Up Its Market Research?
Agencies Don’t Do Subtext: Don’t Assume an Agency Will Infer Specific Experience from a General Proposal Description
Awardee Submitted Corrected Compensation Plan in Response to Clarification Request. Did the Corrected Plan Turn the Clarifications into Discussions?
Protester Argued Agency Was Improperly Recompeting a Requirement that Was Subject to Ongoing Litigation. Why Didn’t this State Valid Basis of Protest?
Protester Said Agency Erred in Finding It Was Not a Danish Company. Did GAO Find Something Rotten in an International Agreement Between the U.S. and Denmark?
GAO Answers Question Everyone’s Been Asking: Can a Requirement for Experience in Lubricant Analysis Be Satisfied by a Subcontractor?
GAO Sustains Challenge to Evaluation. How Did the Agency Transform a Best-Value Procurement into an LPTA Duel?
How Much of the GAO Protest Record Must Be Included in the Administrative Record of a COFC Protest?
Agency Booted Proposal for an Unacceptable Approach to COVID-19. Why Was the Approach Deficient?
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