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Small Business’s Acquisition of Eyeglasses Manufacturer Negated Potential Violation of Nonmanufacturer Rule; Size Appeal of Superior Optical Labs, Inc., Re: PDS Consultants , Inc., SBA No. SIZ-6066
GAO Finds Impaired Objectivity OCI Where Awardee Would be Evaluating Its Own Performance Under Another Contract; AT&T Corporation, GAO B-417107.4
Contractor’s Claim for Penalty Assessed by Foreign Government Accrued When the Penalty Was Assessed, Not When the Contractor Paid It; Appeals of Triple Canopy, Inc., ASBCA Nos. 61415 et al.
Small Business Runway Extension Act’s 5-Year Look-Back Period Does Not Apply to Size Certifications Submitted Prior to Effective Date of SBA Rule Implementing the Act; Size Appeal of BTAS, Inc., SBA No. SIZ 6063
Protest Challenging Agency’s Evaluation of Satellite Proposals Plummets to Earth; UltiSat Inc., GAO B-418146.2, B-418146.3
Contractor’s Attempt to Play Hardball With the Government Results in Termination for Cause; Appeal of Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc., ASBCA No. 61026
No Costs for Meritorious Supplemental Protest that Was Not Related to Initial, Non-Meritorious Protest Arguments; Hughes Coleman JV—Costs, GAO B-417787.4
Claim Arising From Termination for Convenience Accrues When Termination Settlement Negotiations Reach an Impasse; Appeal of Abozar Afzali Construction Company, ASBCA No. 61561
Federal Circuit Holds that Contractor Failed to Demonstrate Reasonableness of Claimed Costs; Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. Secretary of the Army, Fed. Cir. 2019-1683
Protest Challenging Sole Source Award of Blimp Contract Grounded by GAO; Bravura Information Technology Systems, Inc., GAO B-418755
Protester Not Entitled to Costs for Agency’s Failure to Take Corrective Action in Response to Agency Protest; C.I. Lovell, Inc., GAO B-418935.2
Agency Error In Assessing Contract Value of Past Performance Reference Not Prejudicial Where Protester Cannot Demonstrate the Actual Value of the Reference; Hughes Coleman, JV, GAO B-417787.5
Prohibition on Providing Funds to the Enemy and Authorization of Additional Access to Record
Federal Circuit Denies Oracle’s Appeal Challenging JEDI Procurement; Oracle America, Inc. v. United States, Amazon Web Services, Inc., Fed. Cir. 2019-2326
Agency Not Required to Evaluate Qualifications of Alternate Key Personnel; Mainstream IP Solutions, GAO B-418722
Protester Not Entitled to Costs for Agency’s Delay in Implementing Corrective Action; ORBIS Sibro, Inc., GAO B-418165.4
“The Past is Never Dead. It’s Not Even Past”: Protester Can’t Overcome Subpar Past Performance on Incumbent Contract; Sterling Medical Associates, Inc., GAO B-418674, B-418674.2
GAO Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Protest Involving Request for Information Issued for Market Research; CGI Federal, Inc.; Ascendant Services, LLC, GAO B-418807, B-418807.2
Protester Not Prejudiced By Allegedly Flawed Government Estimate; Phoenix Management, Inc., GAO B-418724
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