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Is the COVID-19 Pandemic an Excuse for Not Providing Documents to Certify Your SDVOSB Status?
I Was Unaware SBA Had Issued a Size Determination. Can I Have More Time to Appeal?
Protester Secures Rare Victory, Convincing COFC Its Proposal Deserved More Strengths and Fewer Weaknesses. How Did the Protester Pull this Off?
Awardee Appeared to Be in a Position Where It Would Be Validating Its Own Work Under Another Contract. Why Didn’t GAO Find an Impaired Objectivity OCI?
Protester: “My Meticulously-Crafted Approach to Recycling Should’ve Received a Strength.” COFC: “That May Be an Exquisite Approach to Recycling, But No One Asked.”
The SSA Just Parroted the Evaluators in the Award Decision. Why Didn’t this Undermine the Award?
If You’re a JV With a Claim, Make Sure You’re Clear on Which Partner Has Authority to Submit It
Why Is the COFC More Likely to Allow Supplementation of the Administrative Record When the Protester Has Alleged a Misrepresentation?
Contractor Tried to Shift Its Burden on Summary Judgment to the Board. How Do You Think that Went?
Can an Agency Use a Quantitative Principle to Compare the Quality of Proposals?
The Protester Prevailed on the Merits. Why Wasn’t It Entitled to Injunctive Relief?
The Solicitation Sought Two Different Services. Did It Improperly Bundle Requirements?
Think Your Contract has Defective Specifications? You Better Hope They’re Design, Not Performance, Specifications
Protester Argued Agency Unreasonably Considered the Substance of Answers Given During Presentations. Was the Agency Really Supposed to Disregard Responses to Its Own Questions?
The Government Told Me to Sign a Release or I Won’t Get Paid. Can I Claim Duress as Defense to the Release?
Solicitation Stated that Performance Reference Was Recent If Performed Within Three Years. Did this Obligate to Consider All CPARS from the Last Three Years?
Be Loud and Proud When Describing Your Experience. Don’t Expect the Agency to Infer Specific Experience from General Statements in the Proposal.
Did the Agency Concede Claim Through Ambiguously Worded Settlement Agreement?
How Much Documentation Does a Best Value Determination Require? Not Much.
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