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“Let’s Pretend That Didn’t Happen”—Agency Cannot Ignore a Significant Weakness Just Because Offeror Removed “Verbiage” Related to the Weakness in a Revised Proposal; Qi Tech, LLC, GAO B-416711.8, B416711.9
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 Includes New Acquisition Programs and Changes to Existing Laws Impacting Contractors
Reporting Nonconforming Items – The Government’s Expansion of the Counterfeit Reporting Rule
All Things Protest: The Year’s Most Interesting Decisions
Federal Contracting Moves that Will Ripple Beyond 2019
Why DoD May Have Given Amazon Every Reason to Protest JEDI
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); Adoption of Construction Project Delivery Method Involving Early Industry Engagement—Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc)
Alleged Strengths In Proposal Not as Beneficial as Protester Thinks; By Light Professional IT Services, LLC; GAO B-417191.3
Weakness Assigned to Protester but Not to Awardee for Failing to Explain Approach is Not Unequal Treatment Where Protester’s Approach Required Further Explanation but Awardee’s Did Not; Science Applications International Corporation, GAO B-417976
Contractor’s Failure to Adhere to Contract’s Terms Precludes Recovery of Retroactive Wage Determinations; Harris IT Services Corporation v. Department of Veterans Affairs, CBCA No. 5814, 5815, 5816
DoD Acquisition Chief Looks Back at the Year that Was and Previews the Year to Come
Liquidated Damages Clauses: Important Considerations for Business Owners
DoD Now Getting Around to Implementing Procurement Rule from 2017
The Challenges of Being a Small Government Contractor
Did Congress Just Cut Competition out of the Army’s Bradley Replacement Program?
Offeror’s Inability to Satisfy Solicitation Requirement Does Not Make Requirement Unduly Restrictive; Omnicell, Inc., GAO B-417941
Disclosure of Protester’s Staffing Plan Did Not Result in Competitive Prejudice; Centerra Integrated Facilities Services, LLC, GAO B-417963
Agency Reasonably Rejected Proposal Due to Stingy, Unsupported Labor Rates; OBXtek, Inc., GAO B-417880 et al.
Agency Entitled to Rely on Validity of Lease Agreement Submitted with Proposal; Tapestry Technologies, Inc., GAO B-416670.2, B-4126670.3
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