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The Civil False Claims Act & OTAs
Protester’s Proposal Deemed Unawardable For Failing to Satisfy Qualification Requirements for Proposed Key Personnel; GAO B-416350, Systems Kinetics Integration Inc.
COC Referral Not Required When Proposal Fails to Provide Material Information; GAO B-415552.4, US21 Inc.
Allegations of OCI, Poor Past Performance Unsupported by Any Evidence; GAO B-415129.3, PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector LLP
Size Protests: Ignorance Doesn’t Excuse Failure to Respond
Ninth Circuit Holds Firm on Implied Certification After Escobar: “Misleading Half-truths” or Nothing
Two-Minute Warning – Untimely Debriefing Request Undermines Protest
Pentagon Amends JEDI Contract, Moves Forward Despite Protest
More OTAs, Less LPTA Part of the Impending Upheaval for Contractors
Government’s Motion to Amend Answer to Wrongful Termination Suit to Add Counterclaims for Fraud is Timely Even Though Government Had Prior Notice of the Alleged Fraud; COFC No. 14-960C, LW Construction of Charleston LLC v. United States
No Evidence in Awardee’s Proposal That It Would Not Comply with Limitation on Subcontracting; GAO B-415992, Knight Sky LLC
Post-award Solicitation Amendment, Discussions Necessary to Remedy Missing Instructions for Fully Burdened Labor Rates; GAO B-416314, Jacobs Technology Inc.
Yes, An Agency Can Change the NAICS Code from One Iteration of a Contract to the Next
CBCA Rules Overhaul Finalized: Effective September 17, 2018
Guaranteed Paid Sick Leave for Contractors, and Changes to the Annual Charitable Giving Drive
Contracting: A Look Back at FY2018 and What’s Ahead in FY2019
Agency Failed to Determine Whether Awardee Was Same Entity as Contractor on Approved Source List; GAO B-416277, United Valve Company
Agency’s Cost Realism Analysis Failed to Meaningfully Evaluate Offerors’ Labor Rates And Plan To Capture Incumbent Personnel; GAO B-414844.4, ENSCO, Inc.
Another Win for Reasonableness
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