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DFARS Final Rule Exempts Design-Build Selection Procedures for Contracts Exceeding $4 Million
DFARS Final Rule Reminds Contractors of Responsibility to Mitigate Supply Chain Risk
DFARS Final Rule Encourages Contractors to Suggest Commercial Standards to Replace Government-Specific Requirements
Final DFARS Rule Expands Definition of “Competitive Procedures” for Prototypes
Solicitation Did Not Preclude Agency From Considering Personnel Experience as Satisfying Corporate Experience Requirements; GAO B-417136, Normandeau Associates Inc.
Protester Provided Project Information to Agency for Express Purpose of Including It in SOW; GAO B-416935, Veterans2Work Inc.
Agency Had Legally Defensible Position on Protest Grounds; GAO B-415318.4, ARP Sciences LLC—Costs
General Statements of Expertise, Promise to Meet Requirements Fail to Describe Protester’s Approach; GAO B-414892.2, Advanced Software Systems Inc.
Subcontract Language Controls, Even When It May Not Be Fair
Expansion of Buy American Act Requirements are Coming – Including the Addition of Cyber Projects
Domestic Sourcing Requirement Doesn’t Fit DoD’s Gloves
Solicitation Prohibited Proposing Certain Positions As Subcontract Costs; GAO B-416985, Summit Construction & Environmental Services
Government Not Liable for Increased Costs Caused by Actions of Third Party; ASBCA No. 59138, Appeals of ECC International Constructors LLC
Agency Reasonably Decided to Amend Solicitation to Remove Language Calling for Price Realism Evaluation It Did Not Want to Perform; GAO B-414962.6, Navarre Corporation
Fifth Lowest-Priced Offeror Lacks Standing to Challenge Evaluation of Awardee’s Quotation; GAO B-416936, NCS Technologies Inc.
CBCA Holds that Contractor is Out on a Limb Seeking Claim Preparation Costs, but Grants T4C Partial Victory
President Trump Focuses on Infrastructure in Latest Buy American Executive Order
January 2019 Bid Protest Roundup
Pentagon: Implementing Section 809 Panel Reforms Will Be ‘Challenging’
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