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COFC Lambastes Cancellation of Solicitation. How Did the Agency Botch the Cancellation Decision?
Agency Rejected Proposal with Obvious Data-Entry Error. Should the Agency Have Sought Clarification?
Protester Didn’t Submit a Bid by the Proposal Deadline. Why Did the Federal Circuit Hold the Protester Still Had Standing to Protest?
COFC Ruled Against Protester But Granted Stay Pending Appeal. Did the COFC Believe Protester Could Prevail on Appeal?
Protester Secures Rare Victory, Convincing COFC Its Proposal Deserved More Strengths and Fewer Weaknesses. How Did the Protester Pull this Off?
Awardee Appeared to Be in a Position Where It Would Be Validating Its Own Work Under Another Contract. Why Didn’t GAO Find an Impaired Objectivity OCI?
Protester: “My Meticulously-Crafted Approach to Recycling Should’ve Received a Strength.” COFC: “That May Be an Exquisite Approach to Recycling, But No One Asked.”
The SSA Just Parroted the Evaluators in the Award Decision. Why Didn’t this Undermine the Award?
Why Is the COFC More Likely to Allow Supplementation of the Administrative Record When the Protester Has Alleged a Misrepresentation?
Can an Agency Use a Quantitative Principle to Compare the Quality of Proposals?
The Protester Prevailed on the Merits. Why Wasn’t It Entitled to Injunctive Relief?
The Solicitation Sought Two Different Services. Did It Improperly Bundle Requirements?
Protester Argued Agency Unreasonably Considered the Substance of Answers Given During Presentations. Was the Agency Really Supposed to Disregard Responses to Its Own Questions?
Solicitation Stated that Performance Reference Was Recent If Performed Within Three Years. Did this Obligate to Consider All CPARS from the Last Three Years?
Be Loud and Proud When Describing Your Experience. Don’t Expect the Agency to Infer Specific Experience from General Statements in the Proposal.
How Much Documentation Does a Best Value Determination Require? Not Much.
Contractor Helped Agency Develop New System. Was the Contractor Barred by OCI’s From Implementing the New System?
Agency Didn’t Document Decision to Cancel Solicitation. Why Wasn’t this a Problem for GAO?
Contractor Submitted Two Claims Arising out of Same Contract. Both Claims Alleged Inaccurate Price Estimates. Why Did the Court Find that the Claims Were Distinct?
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