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Argument that Protester Had to Deviate from RFP Requirement In Order to Comply With a Separate RFP Directive Really Just a Tacit Challenge to Terms of Solicitation; J&J Worldwide Services, GAO B-418148.3
Final Rule – Documentation of Market Research
Challenge to Navy’s Best Value Determination Sinks in the Eddies of Agency Discretion; Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc., GAO B-418896
Final Rule – Consolidation of Mentor-Protege Programs
Agency Appropriately Jettisoned Protester’s High-Priced Proposal; Academy Medical, LLC, GAO B-418223.3
Drama, Intrigue, and Infighting Between Veteran Owners Did Not Negate Company’s SDVOSB Status; CVE Appeal of Pro-Sphere Tek, Inc., SBA No. CVE-162
Solicitation Limited to Approved Sources Not Unduly Restrictive; Potomac Electric Corporation, GAO B-418908, B-418908.2
Proposed Rule – Small Business Size Standards
Final Rule – Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds
Proposed Key Person’s Plans to Pursue Other Offers Does Not Necessarily Mean They’re Unavailable; MindPoint Group, LLC, GAO B-418875.2, B-418875.4
Agency’s Failure to Use All the Services Available Under Contract Results in Constructive Termination for Convenience, Not Breach; JKB Solutions and Services, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-1390C
Proposed Rule – Application of Micropurchase Threshold to Task and Delivery Orders
Government Not Required to Foot the Bill for Contractor’s Golden Parachute; Appeal of DynCorp International LLC, ASBCA No. 61950
Protester That Could Only Provide a Fraction of the Agency’s Requirements Not an Interested Party to Challenge Sole-Source Award; Island Pyrochemical Industries, GAO B-418994
Claimant Can’t Prove It Had Settlement Agreement With Assistant U.S. Attorney Regarding Termination of Contract; Appeal of U.S. Coating Specialties & Supplies, LLC, ASBCA No. 58245
Prevailing Claimant Unable to Recover Fees Under EAJA Because Government’s Position Was Substantially Justified; Application Under the Equal Access to Justice Act of Buck Town Contractors & Co., ASBCA No. 60939-EAJA
Proposed FAR Rule: Revision of Definition of ‘‘Commercial Item’’
Offeror Not Entitled to Strengths for Aspects of Proposal that Merely Constitute Self-Promotion; MicroTechnologies, LLC, GAO B-418894
Claim Seeking Return of Non-Conforming Items Lacked Sum Certain, Failed to State Valid Claim; Appeal of Sweet Star Logistic Service, ASBCA No. 62082
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