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Thinking About a Protest? Make Sure You’re Next in Line For Award.
Solicitation Didn’t Contain the Word “Bench.” Did the Agency Improperly Penalize the Protester for Not Having a “Bench” for Staff Recruitment?
Agency Letter Asserted a Claim Against Contractor and a Sum Certain. Why Wasn’t the Letter a Final Decision?
Government Asked Court to Reconsider Decision Granting Protest. Was the Court Persuaded by the Government’s Complaints?
Did the Agency Relax Transition Plan Requirements for the Incumbent?
Contractor Sued Government for Refusing to Remediate Contaminated Land. Did the Contractor State a Claim for Breach?
Word to the Wise: If You Wait 79 Days to File an Agency Protest, It Will Be a Smidge Too Late
Should Protester’s Highly-Rated Experience Have Been the Standard Against Which Other Offerors Were Assessed?
Protester Presented Its Price in Two Currencies—One Was Supposed to Be Illustrative. Did the Agency Use the Wrong Currency in Assessing Price?
Deep Thoughts: Does the Word “Attach” Simply Mean to Fasten or Does It Encompass Incorporation by Reference?
Agency Tried to Explain Yawning Gulf Between Initial Evaluation and Reevaluation. Why Did Agency Lack a Defensible Legal Position?
Did the Marriage of a Proposed Key Person and the COR Create an Irredeemable Conflict of Interest?
Was the Agency Required to Determine If a Product Qualified as COTS Before Issuing the Solicitation?
Agency Refused to Implement a GAO Recommendation. Did that Refusal Moot a COFC “Appeal” of the GAO Decision?
COFC Directed OHA to Clarify “Unconditional Ownership” of an SDVOSB. Here’s What OHA Said.
Agency Took Corrective Action in Response to an Agency Protest. Could the Protester Still File a GAO Protest?
This Is Why You Should Never Assume the Government Will Exercise Option Periods
Agency Changed Solicitation’s Evaluation Criteria But then Reverted Back to Original Criteria. Why Was a Protest Challenging the Reversion Untimely?
Agency Took Corrective Action After Disclosing Awardee’s Price. Should the Corrective Action Have Prohibited Price Revisions?
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