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Canceled Procurement Renders Size Determination Moot; SBA No. SIZ-5916, Size Appeal of Velocity Training LLC
Failed Attempt to Beat the Clock Renders Protest Untimely; GAO B-416544, CWIS LLC
Senate Largely Leaves Bid Protests Alone in Passed Version of FY 2019 NDAA After Threatening Major Revisions
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without (July 13)
Voluntary Protest Withdrawal Following Outcome Prediction ADR Precludes Later Refiling, Says GAO
As OTAs Grow, Prime Contractors are Reaping the Benefits
FAR Part 16 Does Not Require Agencies to Notify Offerors of Exclusion from Competitive Range; GAO B-416123, NTT DATA Services Federal Government Inc.
Area Office Erred in Finding Affiliation Under Ostensible Subcontractor Rule; SBA No. SIZ-5931, Size Appeal of Residential Enhancements Inc.
GAO Will Not Reconsider Decision Merely Because It Did Not Address Each Protest Allegation in Detail; GAO B-413990.2, Access Interpreting Inc.—Reconsideration
WOSB Self Certification: Although Ineligible Firms Can Evade the Rules, It Doesn’t Make Sense to Try
OSD Issues Policy Guidance Rejecting “Sweeps” Data
8(a) JV Agreement Denied: Participant Brought Only Its 8(a) Status to Relationship
COFD Legally Sufficient Even Without Some Supporting Documentation; CBCA 5993, B&F Distributors LLC v. Department of Homeland Security
Offer to Provide a Plan In Future Does Not Meet RFP Requirement for Transition Plan; GAO B-416100.2, Innovative Pathways LLC
No Evidence Awardee’s Quotation Did Not Comply with Formatting Requirements; GAO B-415717.2, Bauer Technologies Inc.
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Contractor Disqualified from Receiving a Small Business Set Aside where it is Unusually Reliant On and Thus Affiliated with Proposed Subcontractors; COFC 17-1938, Ideogenics LLC v. United States
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