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SBA May Eliminate 8(a) Joint Venture Approvals
GAO Scolds Army for Failing to Produce Responsive Documents in Timely Manner; GAO B-415458.3, Conley & Associates Inc.
Solicitation Called for Construction Services Not Encompassed by Agency’s Designated NAICS Code; SBA No. NAICS-5899, NAICS Appeal of U.S. Small Business Administration
Size Protests Brought Long After GSA Schedule Contract Awards Are Untimely Unless Subsequent Task Orders Explicitly Require Recertification; SBA No. SIZ-5905, Advanced Management Strategies Group, Inc./ReefPoint Group, LLC
Understanding Why GAO Sustained Protest of OT Production Contract
SBA Plans to Consolidate All Small and 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Programs
The End is Near: DCAA Projects End of Incurred Cost Backlog by FY 2018
DPAP Issues Class Deviation Increasing Threshold for Obtaining Certified Cost or Pricing
Proposed Rule Would Alter DoD, NASA Requirements for Cost or Pricing Data
Two-Minute Warning – If You Mean Optional, Say Optional
Agency Failed to Consider Proposed Efficiencies Before Making Upward Cost Adjustment; GAO B-415944, Trident Vantage Systems, LLC; SKER-SGT Engineering & Science, LLC
Board Lacks Jurisdiction to Consider Quantum Meruit Claims Absent Government Allegation that Contact is Void Ab Initio; ASBCA Nos. 61161, Appeals of PROTEC GmbH
Appellant Cannot Use Excusable Delay to Defend Against Liquidated Damages Without First Submitting Claim for Time Extensions; ASBCA No. 61279, Appeal of OCCI Inc.
A Bridge Too Far — Court of Federal Claims Sustains Protest of Fifth (Yes, Fifth) Sole-Source Bridge Contract Awarded to Incumbent During Protracted Bid Protest Litigation
SBA Eliminates “Direct” Ownership Rules for HUBZone Program
Army Incurred Costly Delays on Construction of Texas Hospital
GAO Unravels Tangled Data Rights Challenge to Air Force Helicopter Procurement; GAO B-416027, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Difference in Descriptive Language Does Not Render Appeal Materially Different Than Original Claim to Agency; CBCA 5907, Walker Development & Trading Group Inc. v. Department of Veterans Affairs
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