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COFC Reaffirms that Runway Extension Act’s 5-Year Look-Book Period Does Not Apply to SBA’s Size Standards; Obsidian Solutions Group, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 20-1602C
“I Guess I Should Have Known, By the Way You Parked Your Car Sideways, that It Wouldn’t Last”: Factual Issues Preclude Summary Judgement in Appeal Involving Valet Parking Contract; In and Out Valet Company v. Department of Veterans Affairs CBCA 6519, 6994
Agency Properly Rejected an Expired Proposal; Cydecor, Inc., GAO B-418165.5
Top Five Concerns Selling or Acquiring an Entity with Government Contracts
Missed Emails Can Doom GAO Protests
Congress Should Codify–and Expand–SBA’s Solution to the “Runway Extension” Small Business Size Calculation Problem
COVID-19 Successes Set New Expectations for Federal Acquisition Community
GAO Not Required to Advise Agency that It Failed to Adequately Support Its Arguments; Department of the Army—Reconsideration and Clarification of Remedy, GAO B-419150.2
I’m a Lumberjack and I’m Okay: Agency’s Refusal to Extend Timber Sales Contract Not a Breach; Dawson & Douglas, Inc. v. Department of Agriculture, CBCA 6304, 6786
Not In My House: COFC Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Protest Against Administrative Office of U.S. Courts; Microgenics Corporation v. United States, COFC No. 21-896C
GAO Finds that Challenge to Award Failed to State a Valid Basis of Protest; PDS Consultants, Inc., GAO B-419300
Are You a Small Business Being Acquired by a Large Business? Check Your Pending Bids
Expect The Unexpected, But Also Expect The Expected – Department Of Labor Updates Their Liquidated Damages Practices For Settlements In Lieu Of Litigation
Congress Expands Buy Indian Act Procurement Authority: 7 Key Changes Native American Businesses Should Watch
The Government Should Stop Threatening Startups’ IP Rights
More Than Troops Will Be Departing Afghanistan — Also a Slew of Contracts
Protester, Who Submitted Proposal In Response to Initial Solicitation, Was Not Appropriate Party to Challenge Agency’s Decision to Amend, Rather than Cancel, Solicitation; RELYANT Global, LLC, GAO B-418693.7
Mathematical Error in Government Estimate Did Not Negate Cost Realism Evaluation; Quanterion Solutions, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 20-1266C
Right Place, Wrong Time: GAO Finds that Protester’s Arguments Were Essentially Untimely Challenges to the Solicitation; AGMA Security Service, Inc., GAO B-419443
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