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“Heard It From a Friend Who, Heard It From a Friend Who, Heard It From Another You’ve Been Messin’ Around”: GAO Tells Protester to Take It on the Run, Dismisses Speculative, Hearsay-Based Protest; Mitchco International, Inc., GAO B-418481.3, B-418481.4
Post-Protest Explanations Can’t Fill the Gaps in a Flawed Proposal; Perspecta Enterprise Solutions, LLC, GAO B-418533.2, B-418533.3
ASBCA Lacks Jurisdiction Over Appeal of Claim that Was Never Submitted to the CO Relating to a Contract that Was Never Performed; Appeal of Golden Build Company, ASBCA No. 62294
Contractor Alert: Mandatory WOSB Certification Deadline Pending
GAO: Work Must Remain Set Aside for 8(a) Participants Because Not a “New Requirement”
When It Comes to Solicitations, Stick to the Script
DHS Seeks Permanent Flexible Acquisition Authorities
Which New Procurement Laws Should Stay or Go?
GAO Identifies the Lacunae In Agency’s Swiss Cheese Evaluation; Avionic Instruments LLC, GAO B-418604, B-418604.2
No Disparate Price Evaluation When the Flaws in the Protester’s Price Quote Far Exceeded the Flaws in the Awardee’s Quote; Qwest Government Services, Inc. d/b/a CenturyLink QGS, GAO B-418649 et al.
Agency Precipitously Removed Requirement from SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program; Eminent IT, LLC, GAO B-418570 et al.
Contracting Officer’s Post-Appeal Fraud Allegation Does Not Divest ASBCA of Jurisdiction; Appeals of ESA South, Inc. ASBCA Nos. 62242, 62243
Fraudulently Filing Lien Backfires on Contractor
Air Force Eyes New Industrial Base Model
HUD IG Warns Agencies to Watch Out for Bidding Fraud
Sustainment Issues Plague F-35’s Logistics IT Backbone
GAO Castigates Agency for Inadequately Documenting its Evaluation and Concocting Feeble, Post-Hoc Rationalizations for its Conclusions; Leumas Residential, LLC, GAO B-418635
Protester Not Prejudiced by Task Order Solicitation Outside the Scope of Underlying IDIQ Contract; American Systems Group, GAO B-418667
Just Because the Protester Can Conceive of a More Efficient Production Schedule Doesn’t Mean the Solicitation is Unduly Restrictive; Colonial Press International, Inc., GAO B-418718
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