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Protester Waited Too Long to Object to Alleged Consultant Conflict of Interest; General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., GAO B-417616.2 et al.
ASBCA Doesn’t Buy Contractor’s Attempt to Distinguish a “Subcontractor” From a “Vendor”; Appeal of Aero Tech Services Associates, Inc., ASBCA No. 61682
Despite Allegations of Withheld Evidence and Factual Errors, PSBCA Declines to Reconsider Its Denial of Appeal; Patrick M. Murray v. United States Postal Service, PSBCA Nos. 6635, 6640
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Performance-Based Payments (DFARS Case 2019-D002)
Rule of Two Not Satisfied When the Only Two SDVOSBs are Affiliated and Owned by the Same Person; MCI Diagnostic Center, LLC, GAO B-417901.3
No Impaired Objectivity OCI Where Awardee Would Not Evaluate Its Own Work; GovernmentCIO, LLC, GAO B-418363 et al.
Protester’s Incumbency Status Does Not Give It a Pass on Responding to Transition Plan Requirement; InGenesis, Inc., GAO B-416564.3
Offeror’s Participation in Development of Item Being Procured Did Not Create OCI; AAR Manufacturing Inc., GAO B-418339
Solicitation Did Not Require a Realism Evaluation, so Protest Challenging Lack of Realism Evaluation is D.O.A.; Abacus Technology Corporation, GAO B-417749.2, B-417749.3
Awardee’s Approach to Professional Compensation—High Wages, Low Fringe Benefits—Did Not Create Risk of Unsuccessful Performance; Engility Services, LLC, GAO B-416588.3, B-416588.4
Agency Reasonably Found Protester’s Rock Bottom Prices Unrealistic; ACTA, LLC, GAO B-418352, B-418352.2
“We go together like rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong”: Costs Warranted for Protest Argument That Was Not Severable from Other Clearly Meritorious Arguments; Global Linguist Solutions, LLC—Costs, GAO B-417015.19
Coronavirus Update: DoD Issues Class Deviation Regarding Implementation of Section 3610 of the CARES Act
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Expediting Contract Closeout (DFARS Case 2017-D042)
Change to the Delegation of Authority for Use of Other Transactions for Prototype Projects in Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019, dated April 6, 2020
“By the Time I Get to Arizona”: Key Person’s Relocation to Tucson Doesn’t Mean He’s Unavailable; NCI Information Systems, Inc., GAO B-417805.5 et al.
Failure to Submit Readable File to GAO’s EPDS Leaves Protester S.O.L.; SAK Management Consulting, GAO B-418516
Flaws in Evaluation Criteria Justified Cancellation of Solicitation; Virtual Medical Group, LLC, GAO B-418386
DoD Issues Class Deviation on CARES Act Section 3610 Implementation
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