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Without Debriefing, Protester Merely Speculates About Nature of Awardee’s Proposal; GAO B-413321.2, Mark Dunning Industries Inc.
Agency Not Required to Hold Fourth Round of Discussions After Issuing Amendment Making Minor Changes to RFP; B-414109, Marine Design Dynamics Inc.
Agency Not Required to Evaluate Manufacturer of Product Awardee Proposed for Contract Performance; GAO B-414062.3, Raytheon Company
Agency Reasonably Concluded Unbalanced Balancing Presented Low Risk; GAO B-413138.4, L-3 Brashear
Agency Not Required to Conduct Price Realism Analysis Where RFP Did Not Allow for One; GAO B-414137, American Access Inc.
Agency Reasonably Evaluated Proposed Construction Schedule, Even Though RFP Did Not Require One; GAO B-412343.3, Construction Services Group Inc.
GSA Releases Horizontal Price Analysis Tool
Disappointed Offeror Ineligible to Protest When RFP Specifications Not Restrictive of Competition and its Product Does Not Meet Those Specifications; GAO B-413375.4, Remote Diagnostic Technologies, LLC
Transfer of Interest to New Contractor Does Not Affect Previously Filed Claims; CBCA 3760, Smith Management Construction, Inc. and BRC Lease Company, L.L.C., v. Department of Health and Human Services
Administrative and Ministerial Functions not Enough to Meet 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture Requirements; SBA No. Siz-5783 Size Appeal of Sage Acquisitions LLC
Are Agencies Ignoring SBA’s Application of the Nonmanufacturer Rule to Resellers of Major Commercial Software?
2017 NDAA’s Impact on Audits and Cost Accounting Standards
High-Dollar Loan Does Not Create Affiliation Between Borrower and Lender, Where Borrower Has Ability to Repay and Lender Has No Ability to Control Debtor; SBA No. SIZ-5807, Size Appeal of First Nation Group d/b/a Jordan Reses Supply Company, LLC
Lease Ambiguous on Agency’s Liability for Increased Property Taxes After Space Was Expanded but Remained Unoccupied; CBCA 5210, CFP FBI-Knoxville LLC v. General Services Administration
Agency Engaged in Ex Parte Communication with Awardee, but Did Not Prejudice Protester; COFC No. 16 1576C, Limco Airepair, Inc. v. The United States
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule on Verge of Nullification
SOW Required Medical Content to be Written by Expert Physicians, Not Editorial Team; GAO B-414150, EBSCO Industries Inc.
LPTA Solicitation Provided for Cost Realism Analysis and MPC Assessment; GAO B-413721.2, Smartronix, Inc.
OIG: DLA Can Improve Its Processes for Obtaining Restitution For Defective Spare Parts
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