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Immediate Response to Supplemental Protest Grounds Did Not Result in Undue Delay; GAO B-414792.4, Herren Associates Inc.—Costs
RFQ Required Subcontracting Plan, Not Small Business Subcontracting Plan; GAO B-415908, Land Shark Shredding LLC
Second Corrective Action Does Not Render Protest Grounds Clearly Meritorious; GAO B-414761.6, Monterey Consultants Inc.
GAO Gives Agencies Considerable Deference in Matters of Human Life and Safety; GAO B-415860, Global Asset Technology LLC
Not So Fast – GSA Implements New SAM Registration Requirements After Fraudulent Activity
Skeptical of a Competitor’s Technical Evaluation? How One Company Succeeded at GAO
Weaknesses Cannot Be Assigned Unequally, GAO Confirms
All Things Protest: Time for a Change – Important Updates on GAO Timeliness Rules and DoD Debriefings (April 2018)
Latest Effort to Reform DoD Acquisition Borrows Heavily from Expert Panel’s Recommendations
Two-Minute Warning – You Can’t Win If You Don’t Play
Self-Certified WOSB Retains Status for Life of IDIQ; SBA No. WOSB-110, Matter of Island Creek Assocs. LLC
Protester’s Request for Clarifications Means Ambiguity Could Not Be Latent; B-415565.2, DCR Services & Construction Inc.
Challenge to Alleged Procurement Integrity Act Violation Premature While Agency Investigation is Ongoing; GAO B-415798, IBM Corporation
Agency’s Past Performance Evaluation Reasonably Relied on PPIRS Data Even Though RFP Addressed Different Performance Areas; GAO B-415375, Pacific-Gulf Marine
VA SDVOSB Rule of Two: Court Provides Important Guidance for Protesters
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without
U.S. Energy Department Offers $25 Million for Cybersecurity Tech
DFARS Final Rule Clarifies Competition Requirements for Religious Based Services
DFARS Rule Blocks Funding for Unsafe Projects in Afghanistan
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