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Can a Surety Assert a Claim that Arose Before the Surety Took Over the Contract?
Agency Solicited Work It Didn’t Need. Why Didn’t the Agency Have to Pay the Contractor for the Unnecessary Work?
Was the Government’s Decision to Wait Over a Year Before Rejecting Non-Conforming Items Substantially Justitied Under the EAJA?
Certification Requirement Itself Wasn’t Unduly Restrictive, But Why Did GAO Find the Timing of the Requirement Unreasonable?
Solicitation Required Offerors to Disclose Adverse Civil Judgments. Was the Awardee Required to Disclose a Judgment from Its Principal’s Divorce Proceedings?
When Is the Right Time to Challenge a Solicitation with a Phased Submission?
Contractor Argued that “Whereas” Clause Limited the Scope of a Release. Are “Whereas” Clauses a Meaningful Part of a Contract?
Beware of the Sloppy Key Person Resume
Protester Emailed Agency Complaining About the Proposal Submission Platform. Did the Email Constitute an Agency Protest?
Awardee Lacked Licenses and Registrations Required by Solicitation. Why Did the Court Still Affirm the Award?
When Do You Protest Corrective Action? When It’s Announced or When It Results in an Adverse Determination?
Should Pandemic-Related Work Be Excluded from a Small Business’s Receipts?
Agency’s Final Decision Didn’t Comply with the FAR. Why Wasn’t a Late Appeal from that Decision Excused?
The Awardee Submitted Alternate Bids. Why Did the COFC Find the Alternates Disqualifying and Toss the Award?
The Agency Consolidated Two Contracts into a Single Solicitation. Should the Agency Have Considered Incumbent’s Work on Predecessor Contracts as One or Two Past Performance References?
Did Solicitation’s Submission Instructions State Material Requirements?
Tractatus Legalis-Remedium: In Lengthy, Learned Exposition, COFC Answers Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Protest Remedies But Were Afraid to Ask
Protester Notified Agency of Additional Past Performance Reference During Exchanges. Should the Agency Have Considered that Reference?
Did an Agreement Between the U.S., Danish, and Greenlandic Governments Create a Biased Ground Rules OCI?
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