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Cybersecurity: Agencies Need to Fully Establish Risk Management Programs and Address Challenges
Top 5 New Features on Pub K
Joint Venture Qualifies as a Small Business Even Though Mentor-Protégé Relationship Terminated Prior to Award; SBA No. SIZ-6001, Size Appeal of Kentucky Building Maintenance Inc. and NMI Alaska Inc.
Use of Incumbent as Subcontractor, With its Workforce, Did Not Implicate Ostensible Subcontractor Rule; SBA No. SIZ-6008, Size Appeal of Inquiries Inc.
Government Cannot Rely on Hearsay to Show that Contractor Failed to Meet Specifications; ASBCA Nos. 59046, Appeal of GSC Construction Inc.
Ostensible Subcontractor Rule Does Not Apply to a Mentor-Protégé Arrangement Between a Small and Large Business; SBA No. SIZ-6012, Size Appeal of Global Dynamics LLC
Protecting Government Contractors’ Confidential Information Just Got Easier
“We Don’t Do Option Year Challenges,” Says GAO
Federal Circuit Decides Two CDA Jurisdiction Cases in Contractors’ Favor and Provides Guidance on Maropakis Advisory
Fastest 5 Minutes: Buy American, Contractor Purchasing System, Bid Protest News (July 26)
Viewpoint: We’ve Admired the Federal Acquisition Problem for Too Long
HHS Shuts Down Assisted Acquisition Services
Do Small Businesses Lack a Voice in the Federal Marketplace?
Offeror Not Responsible When It Cannot Offer Competitor’s Software; COFC No. 19-165C, PTC Inc. v. United States
Offeror Cannot Use Proposed Web Manager’s Freelance Consultant Work to Satisfy Key Personnel Experience Requirements; GAO B-416591, DevTech Systems Inc.
Despite Multiple Evaluation Errors, Protester Was Not Prejudiced; GAO B-417418. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Sole Source Award to Incumbent is Reasonable Where the Incumbent was Working on a Complex Project and Changing Contractors Would Have Posed Unnecessary Schedule and Cost Risks; GAO B-417465, Harmonia Holdings Group LLC
All Things Protest: Keeping Up with Key Personnel (July 2019)
If You’re Working on a Military Installation, Don’t Lose Your Base Access
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