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Agency Not Required to Make Responsibility Determination During Market Research; GAO B-414365, Walker Development & Trading Group Inc.
Agency Not Required to Make Responsibility Determination During Market Research; GAO B-414365, Walker Development & Trading Group Inc.
Agency Not at Fault for Late Receipt of Electronic Proposal; GAO B-414216.2, Western Star Hospital Authority Inc.
Can the Government Contract Around the Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing?
Different Value, Performance Period Render Procurement a New Requirement Under SBA’s 8(a) Regulations; GAO B-414374, GOV Services Inc.
Agency Reasonably Released Vendors’ Ratings and Pricing to Level Playing Field After Multiple Protests; GAO B-413703.8, Systems Plus Inc.
Contractor Cannot Support Claim for Front-Loaded Costs With Speculation; ASBCA Nos. 59924, Appeals of Campus Management Corporation
OMB Extends Super-Circular Compliance Deadline for Federal Grant Recipients
Appellant Cannot Apply Revisions to Nonmanufacturer Rule to Solicitation Issued Prior to Their Effective Date; SBA No. SIZ-5820, Size Appeal of Aerosage LLC
Agency Reasonably Canceled Lease Solicitation Due to Environmental Concerns; COFC No. 15-370C, Open Spirit LLC v. The United States
Contractor Convinces COFC That Government Required to Reimburse Taxes Levied by Foreign Government, but Claim Fails Due to Lack of Timely Notice; COFC No. 15-1443C, Gazpromneft-Aero Kyrgyzstan LLC v. United States
Familial Relationship Affiliation: SBA Treats Spouses As “One Party”
New CVE Guidance on Joint Ventures and Mentor-Protégé Relationships
Agency Reasonably Recognized Strengths in Protester’s Proposal While Finding Weaknesses in Other Areas; GAO B-413758.6, Sev1Tech Inc.
Protester Proposed Awarding 100 Percent of Subcontracting Dollars to Small Business, but Failed to Specify Percentages to Small Business Programs; GAO B-413116.53, Octo Consulting Group, Inc.
Bullet List of Assumptions and Risk Mitigation Strategies Insufficient to Satisfy RFP Requirement for Thorough Description; GAO B-413390.5, Avid Technology Professionals LLC
Photo Finish Award Decision Survives Protest
Kingdomware Doesn’t Require Recertification for GSA Schedule SDVOSB Set-Aside Orders
Equal Adjectival Ratings Do Not Render Proposals Technically Equal; GAO B-413116.52, Sevatec Inc.
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