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New Rules for Mentor-Protégé Joint Ventures
ASBCA’s FY2020 Report – A Look at the Numbers
Senate Appropriators Add F-35s to Defense Budget, But There Are Strings Attached
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Set-Asides for Indian-Owned Businesses
GAO Refuses to Hear Protest that Depends on Enforceability of Non-Compete Agreement; AVER, LLC, GAO B-419244
Protester Unable to Convince GAO that Its Exception to Solicitation Requirement Was Actually the Agency Applying Unstated Criteria; Ventera Corporation, GAO B-418871, B-418871.2
Protester Alleges It Was Not Required to Address Every Element in PWS—GAO Says, “You Misread the Solicitation”; RIVA Solutions, Inc., GAO B-417858.2 B-417858.10
Agency Not Required to Make Additional Efforts to Ascertain Whether Apparently Unavailable Key Person Is Actually Unavailable; PAE Applied Technologies, LLC, GAO B-419133
Congressional, Executive, and Legal Developments for Government Contractors to Consider (Oct 2020)
SBA Confirms Mentor can Own 40% of Protégé and Get 60% of Joint Venture Workshare
SDVOSB vs. AbilityOne: VA Violated Rule of Two Again, Court Says
Why a Biden Presidency Could Be a Gamechanger for 8(a) Businesses
Contractors Should Be Less Shy Telling Government What They Think
COFC Finds that VA Improperly Moved a Requirement Set Aside for SDVOSBs to AbilityOne Program; Superior Optical Labs, Inc. v. United States, COFC No 20-1211C
Agency Reasonably Determined that Protester’s Performance Under Contract Consolidated Under New Solicitation Was Only Somewhat Relevant; Quanterion Solutions, Inc., GAO B-418783
GAO Declines to Hear Protest that Broaches Questions Concerning Compliance with Randolph-Sheppard Act; The State of Oklahoma, GAO B-416851.9
Lack of Formal Decision Rejecting Protester’s Proposal Did Not Mean the Decision Was Inadequately Documented; Leidos, Inc., GAO B-418978, B-418978.2
Contractor Cannot Protest Inclusion of Competitor in the Competitive Range
How Late Is Too Late to File a Claim?
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