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Agency Didn’t Issue Final Decision on Liquidated Damages, So Board Lacked Jurisdiction over Parties’ Cross-Claims for Liquidated Damages; Appeal of ECC International Constructors, LLC, ASBCA No. 59586
Communications with Agency Constituted an Agency Protest, Which Set the 10-Day Clock Running for a GAO Protest; Science and Technology Corporation, GAO, B-420216
CBCA Denies Appeal, Finds Contractor’s Costs Were Result of Sloppy Performance and “Aggressive Behavior Towards Government Employees”; Griz One Firefighting, LLC v. Department of Agriculture, CBCA 6358, 6567
GAO Interrogates the Nebulous Gray Area Between an Evaluation and a Non-Responsibility Determination; A. Prentice Ray & Associates, LLC, GAO B-419024.5, B-419024.6
Interim Rule: Increasing the Minimum Wage for Contractors
Protester Should’ve Been Keeping an Eye on SAM.gov, Not Social Media; Kolb Grading, LLC, GAO B-420310.2
Protester Attempts to “Re-Litigate” Arguments From Prior, Successful Protest But Can’t Recapture the Magic; PAE National Security Solutions, LLC, GAO B-419207.6
GAO Reaffirms that Price Realism Evaluation Is Not a Non-Responsibility Determination; Monbo Group International, GAO B-420269, B-420269.2
Offeror Doesn’t Need to Neutralize an OCI Before the Agency Can Waive It; Steel Point Solutions, LLC, GAO B-419709.3
“Sometimes When We Touch, the Honesty’s Too Much”: Awardee’s Over-Elucidation of it Approach Tips Clarification into Unequal Discussions, But Protester Wasn’t Prejudiced; ENGlobal Government Services, Inc., GAO B-419612.3
Past Performance References Lacked the Specific Work Called for in the Solicitation, Agency Appropriately Found Them Only Somewhat Relevant; Nexsys Electronics Inc. d/b/a Medweb GAO B-419616.4
Agency Didn’t Sufficiently Consider Impact of Corporate Transaction; Vertex Aerospace, LLC, GAO B-410073, B-420073.2
Protester Demanded a More Stringent Evaluation of the Awardee than the Solicitation Required; CBF Partners JV, LLC, GAO B-419846.2 et al.
Agency Didn’t Err in Finding Proposal Technically Unacceptable; Information Assurance Specialists, Inc. d/b/a Sub U Systems, GAO B-420243, B-420243.2
Objections to Evaluation Were Just Disagreement With Agency’s Conclusions; EMCOR Government Services, Inc., GAO B-419699.4
Agency Properly Rejected Late, Non-Compliant Proposal; Starblast Corporation, GAO B-419948
Agency Didn’t Force Protester to Raise Its Prices; The Ginn Group, Inc., GAO B-420165, B-420165.2
Case Filed as Bid Protest Should’ve Been Brought as Claim Under Contract Disputes Act; Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 21-2001C
Agency Not Required to Equalize Competition to Accommodate Protester’s Business Decision; Shamrock Marine Towing & Salvage, GAO B-419940.3, B-419940.4
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