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Death Knell for Using LPTA for Services and Other Acquisition Highlights in the NDAA
Corrective Action Can Include Proposal from Offeror Likely to Be Found Ineligible for Small Business Set-Aside; GAO B-415965.4, Deque Systems Inc.
Incumbent Responsible for Submitting Well-Written Proposal; GAO B-414505.6, Navarre Corporation
Supplemental Protest Grounds Severable from Initial Protest; GAO B-415580.3, STG Inc.
Tax Reform Enhances Value of Research Tax Credits for Government Contractors
SBA Continues to Focus on Fraud in Set-Aside Programs
A Successful Bid Protest Doesn’t Mean a Second Bite at the Apple
Government Contracting Market is More Than Just its Biggest Players
COFC Finds that Agency Misinterpreted Trade Agreements Clause in Solicitation and Wrongly Ceded Authority to Determine Contractor’s Compliance with that Clause to Another Agency; COFC 18-433C, Acetris Health LLC v. United States
Agency Reasonably Assessed Realism Of Labor Rates Without Assessing Realism Of Total Price, GAO B-412967.9, Maxim Healthcare Services Inc.
Agency Not Required to Equalize Competitive Advantage Arising from Proper Release of Awardee’s Pricing Information After Award; GAO B-416416, IDEAL Industries Inc.
Where to Protest: Some Pros and Cons of Each Forum
GAO: Bid Protests Must Be Timely Received Through EPDS
SAFETY Act Liability Protections Will Be Tested
Acquisition Reforms Survive in Defense Authorization Bill
Government Contractor Feedback Sought on Voluntary Solicitation Feedback Process
Agency Independently Verified Experience of Protester’s Proposed PM, but Accepted Awardee’s at Face Value; GAO B-413139.4, Will Technology Inc., Paragon TEC Inc.
Solicitation Provided for the Evaluation of Option CLINs that Protester Argued Were Mutually Exclusive; GAO B-416167, Trinity Ship Management LLC
Agency Presumed to Have Caused Damage to Equipment Delivered in Good Working Condition; ASBCA No. 61047, Application Under the Equal Access to Justice Act of Assessment and Training Solutions Consulting Corporation
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