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Protester Claimed It Was Objecting to the Scope of a Task Order, But GAO Found Protest Was Really a Premature Challenge to the Agency’s Acquisition Strategy; Oracle America, Inc., GAO B-420181
Contractor’s Consolidation of Distinct Claims Deprived ASBCA of Jurisdiction; Appeal of ECC International Constructors, LLC, ASBCA No. 59643
Past Performance Rating Can Be Greater than the Sum of Its Parts; Jacobs Technology, Inc. GAO B-420016, B-4210016.2
Agency Didn’t Improperly Evaluate Price Realism; Enterprise Resource Planned Systems International, LLC, GAO B-419763.2, B-419763.3
Protester Entitled to Fees Under EAJA Because Government’s Litigation Position Wasn’t Substantially Justified; Superior Optical Labs, Inc. v. United States, COFC NO. 20-1211C
Negotiations With Agency Didn’t Pause Accrual of Claim, Appeal of Globe Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. ASBCA No. 62594
Award Made Under 8(a) Program Was a New Requirement, So Adverse Impact Analysis Was Unnecessary; Quanterion Solutions, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 21-493
Protester Can’t Show Key Personnel Requirements Were Unduly Restrictive; The Ambit Group, LLC, GAO B-420079
Inclusion of COVID-19 “Force-Majeure” Provision Renders Bid Nonresponsive; American Mine Services, LLC, GAO B-420138
USPS Badly Botched Specifications in a Mail Delivery Contract; Weber Trucking, LLC v. United States Postal Service, PSBCA Nos. 6784 and 6813
Request for Reimbursement of Costs Was Untimely; Amaze Technologies, LLC–Costs, GAO B-419810.4
GAO Finds CIO-SP4 Solicitation Treats Mentor-Protege JVs Unequally And Unduly Restricts Competition; Computer World Services Corporation; CWS FMTI JV LLC, GAO B-419956.18 et al.
Protest, Which Essentially Challenged the Adequacy of a Debriefing, Failed to State a Valid Basis of Protest; SparkSoft Corporation, GAO B-420156, B-420156.2
COFC Can’t Grant a Preliminary Injunction in CDA Case Seeking Only Monetary Damages; Sergeant’s Mechanical Systems, Inc. d/b/a Sergent Construction v. United States, COFC No. 21-1685C
Agency Didn’t Err in Removing Requirements from the 8(a) Program; TeamGoV, Inc., GAO B-419865.2, B-419865.3
Agency Reasonably Relied on Offeror’s Buy American Certification; Sea Box, Inc., GAO B-420130, B-420130.2
OHA Finds Challenge to Firm’s SDVOSB Status Is Based on Speculative Rumors of Veteran-Owner’s Retirement; CVE Protest of Valiant Construction, LLC, Re: Eagle Contractors, Inc., SBA No. CVE-205-P
Contractor Unable to Prove It’s Entitled to Additional Delay Costs; Appeal of BES Construction, LLC, ASBCA No. 62175
Court Can’t Hear Challenge to Size Determination Made in Connection With the Issuance of a Task Order; 22nd Century Technologies, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 21-1922C
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