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Does the Exercise of Contractual Discretion Require an Objective Standard or Can a Party Just Rely on Subjective Belief?
COFC Grapples with the Gordian Knot of Legal Issues: Should the State of Ohio Pay for the Corps of Engineers’ Mascot, “Bobber the Water Safety Dog”?
Did the Agency Forgo a Qualitative Evaluation or Was There Just No Basis to Discriminate Between Proposals?
Equitable Subrogation: Is It a Viable Claim or Just a Desperate, Last-Ditch Answer to a Bar Exam Question You Didn’t Understand?
How Many Unacceptable SDVOSB Proposals Must an Agency Receive Before It Can Nix the Set-Aside Decision and Hold an Unrestricted Competition?
How Did the Agency Flub this NAICS Code Designation?
FAR Proposed Rule – Exemption of Certain Contracts From the Periodic Inflation Adjustments to the Acquisition-Related Thresholds
Although the Agency Denied It, Did the Pandemic Change the Agency’s Requirements?
Solicitation’s Price Criteria Mentioned “Risk”. Did This Obligate the Agency to Assess Realism?
SBA Proposed Rule – Ownership and Control and Contractual Assistance Requirements for the 8(a) Business Development Program
Agency Suspended Performance Due to COVID. Was the Suspension a Breach or a Termination for Convenience?
Agency Didn’t Respond to an Agency Protest. Why Was the Agency’s Inaction Considered Adverse Action?
DFARS Final Rule – Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials
One JV Partner Submitted a Claim, But the Other Partner Disavowed It. Could the ASBCA Assert Jurisdiction over the Appeal?
Protester Said Its Proposal Had a Massive Technical Advantage Over the Awardee. Did GAO Think the Proposal Was So Self-Evidently Superior?
Claimant Said It Shouldn’t Pay for Removal of Government’s Ratty Old Tenant Improvements. Did the CBCA Agree?
SBA Final Rule – Adoption of 2022 North American Industry Classification System for Size Standards
Class Deviation–Prohibition on Procurement of Certain Items Containing Perfluorooctane Sulfonate or Perfluorooctanoic Acid
So Agencies Must Purchase Items on the AbilityOne Procurement List from Mandatory Sources, But How Mandatory Is that Mandate?
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