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The Belt and Suspenders Approach: Agency’s Decision to Take More Corrective Action than GAO Recommended Not Objectionable; IT Objects, LLC, GAO B-418012.3
It’s the Government Not Burger King: You Don’t Get to Have the Solicitation Your Way; Appian Corporation, GAO B-417837.2
Error-Filled Evaluation Not Enough to Sustain Protest When Protester’s High Price Still Forecloses Chance for Award; Perspecta Enterprise Solutions, LLC, GAO B-416377.6, B-416377.7
Request For Costs Negated By Inartfully Worded Proposal; Oready, LLC—Costs, GAO B-418297.2
Protest Sustained Because Agency Ignored Cost Data in Protester’s Proposal; Sayres & Associates Corporation; GAO B-418374
Major in Something Useful: Proposed Employee’s Liberal Arts Degrees Failed to Satisfy Requirement for Bachelor’s in Computer Science; RIVA Solutions, Inc., GAO B-418408
Solicitation that Required Awardee to Enter Agreements With Third Parties Was Consistent with Customary Commercial Practices; Sterisyn, Inc., GAO B-4168366 et al.
Alleged Unstated Criteria Were Encompassed by Stated Criteria; Pond Constructors, Inc., GAO B-418403
Evaluation that Failed to Qualitatively Assess Proposals a Little Too Perfunctory for GAO’s Taste; CEdge Software Consultants, LLC, GAO B-418128.2
Bidder With Highest Price Among Acceptable Proposals Lacked Standing to Protest Award in LPTA Procurement; Eskridge & Associates v. United States, Fed. Cir. No. 109-1862
Even If Agency Disparately Waived Solicitation Requirement, Protester Couldn’t Complain Because its Proposal Was Still Unacceptable Under a Different Requirement; Airline Data Inc., LLC, GAO B-418472
Decision to Not Attend Site Visit Dooms Claim for Extra-Contractual Work; Appeals of Linda Rugina Company D/B/A Ruginas Afrikan Village, ASBCA Nos. 62207, 62334
Contractor Not Entitled to Delay Costs for Time Spent Asking Agency to Move Construction Site; Appeal of AISG, Inc., ASBCA Nos. 58696, 59151
Mish-Mash of Contract Documents Makes It Impossible for CBCA to Grant Summary Judgment; CSI Aviation, Inc. v. General Services Administration, CBCA 6543
Agency’s Defective Pricing Claim Collapses—Contractor Did Not Withhold Cost Data, and the Data Would Not Have Changed the Price; Appeal of Alloy Surfaces Company, Inc. ASBCA No. 59625
Ya Got Trouble Right Here in River City: T4C Justified for Contractor that Bilked Subcontractor and Left Agency in a Lurch; Appeal of Axxon International, LLC, ASBCA No. 61549
Rollin’ on the River: ASBCA Sustains Differing Site Condition Claim Arising from Mississippi River Construction Project; Appeal of CKY, Inc., ASBCA No. 60451
“Why Don’t You Come With Me Little Girl, On a Magic Carpet Ride” (or Maybe Not): Contractor’s Shoddy Carpet Installation Justifies Termination For Cause; Appeal of John’s Time and Carpet Service, ASBCA No. 61479
Agency’s Failure to Notice that Contractor Was Not Installing Proper Conduit Did Not Waive Conduit Requirement; Appeal of Watts Constructors, LLC, ASBCA No. 61493
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