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Protester’s Price Was Too High For It to Be Prejudiced by Alleged Error In Price Evaluation; Deloitte & Touche LLP, GAO B-420038
Protest Challenging Potential Procurement Violations Is Not Ripe; Goodwill Industries of South Florida, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 21-1391C
“Evaluation Observation” in Award Decision Was Not an Improper Price Realism Evaluation; Terra Klean Solutions, Inc., GAO B-419838, B-419838.2
Agency Not Required to Extend Qualification Deadline Just to Maximize Competition; Smiths Detection, Inc., GAO B-420110, B-420111
ASBCA Not a Fan of Government’s Boilerplate Discovery Objections; Appeal of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, ASBCA No. 62209
CBCA Quickly Disposes of Government’s Untimely, Undeveloped Motion to Strike; 4K Global-ACC Joint Venture, LLC v. Department of Labor, CBCA 6683 et al.
DFARS Proposed Rule – Contract Authority for Development and Demonstration of Prototypes
Award Decision Contained Some “Loosey-Goosey, Business-Lite Terms,” But Those Terms Didn’t Amount to Unstated Criteria; Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation, COFC No. 21-1394C
CBCA Can’t Tell Whether Claimed Costs Were Incurred or Even Reimbursable, Denies Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment; International Development Solutions, LLC v. Department of State, CBCA 6400, 6401, 6700
SBA Proposed Rule – Small Business Size Standards
Perfect is the Enemy of the Good: Protester Didn’t Need “Definitive” Knowledge of Protest Grounds Before Filing; Magnum Multimedia; GAO B-420227
Protester Lacks Standing When it Fails to Challenge Evaluation of Offeror Next in Line for Award; Manhattan Strategy Group LLC, GAO B-420021
Consideration of Candidate’s Expired Certification Reasonably Encompassed by Solicitation; Davos Francois, GAO B-419973
Protesters Complained They Weren’t Given Choice to Participate in Second Phase of Evaluation, But They Hadn’t Even Qualified for Phase One; DBISP, LLC; Federal Merchants Corp., GAO B-419893.8, B-412893.9
Law Firm Was Proper Representative of Appellants: Appeal of Lessors of Abchakan Village, Logar Province, Afghanistan, ASBCA No. 61787
FAR Final Rule – Maximum Award Price for Certain Sole Source Manufacturing Contracts
Court Sanctions Government for Mishandling Administrative Record and Wasting Judicial Resources; Oak Grove Technologies, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 21-775C
Haphazard Attempt to Meet Solicitation Requirements Doesn’t Cut It; Axxeum, Inc., GAO B-420013, B-420013.2
DFARS Proposed Rule – Requirement for Firms Used To Support DoD Audits
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