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Did the Contract Contain Defective Specifications or Did You Just Unrealistically Assume Optimal Conditions?
Did the Agency Conduct Misleading Discussions or Did You Just Exercise Regrettable Business Judgment?
Protester Challenged Agency’s Decision to Override a CICA Stay. Why Was the Protest Moot?
Contractor Didn’t Assert Fraud as Defense to a Release. Why Did ASBCA Find that Fraud Precluded Summary Judgment for the Government?
You Gotta Bring More than a Hunch When Asserting the Awardee Has an OCI
How Heavy-Handed Redactions to the Agency Record Resulted in a Sustained Protest
Protester Objected to the Scope of Corrective Action. Why Did GAO Find the Protest Premature?
Does a Rectangle Have a Radius? GAO Dusts off its Copy of Euclid to Get to the Bottom (or the Center?) of this Perplexing Conundrum.
Appellant Filed Unsigned, Untimely Size Appeal Based on New Evidence Not Provided to the SBA Area Office. Did OHA Consider the Appeal?
Claimant Alleged GSA Sold the Company a Lemon. Why Wasn’t the Claimant Entitled to a Price Reduction?
When Is a Small Business Affiliated Under the Totality of the Circumstances?
If You Allege the Agency Misinterpreted the Solicitation, Make Sure Your Alternative Interpretation Does Not Eliminate Your Own Proposal
Putative Small Business Refused to Provide Its Tax Returns for a Size Determination. Was the SBA Justified in Drawing an Adverse Inference?
SBA Final Rule – Small Business Size Standards Wholesale Trade and Retail Trade
Should the Agency Have Considered a Previous Termination for Convenience as Part of the Past Performance Evaluation?
Protester’s Proposal Was More Detailed than Other Proposals. Why Didn’t the Protester Receive More Strengths?
Contracting with the Enemy: DOD Has Not Fully Implemented Processes Intended to Prevent Payments to Enemies of the United States
Agency Gets Schooled on Its Interpretation of a “Professional Employee.” Why Did GAO Find the Agency’s Interpretation Farfetched?
How Did an Indecipherable “Mural Board” Sink the Protester’s Proposal?
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