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Cherry-Picked, Decontextualized Portions of Awardee’s Proposal Were Not Material Exceptions to the Solicitation; Verizon Business Network Services, Inc., GAO B-418073 et al.
DFARS Amended to Prohibit Procurement of Telecommunications Equipment from Chinese Companies
Agency Cannot Establish a Blanket Purchase Agreement Under Multiple Federal Supply Schedule Contracts; NCS Technologies, Inc., GAO B-417956, B-417956.2
Flawed Best Value Analysis—Which Created “False Impression of Equivalence” Among Proposals—Turned Acquisition Into Lowest-Priced Technically-Acceptable Procurement; System Studies & Simulation, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-1518C
Even If Alternative Evaluation Methodologies Would Have Improved Agency’s Price Analysis, the Method the Agency Used was Not Unreasonable; NTT DATA Services Federal Government, Inc., GAO B-417235.2, B-417235.3
Just Because Solicitation Seeks Some Engineering Work Does Not Mean it Must Be Designated Under an NAICS Code for Engineering Services; NAICS Appeal of Paradigm Engineers and Constructors, PLLC, SBA No. NAICS-6040
DFARS Amended to Revise Trade Agreement Thresholds
Generalia Specialibus Non Derogant: GAO Confirms that in Government Contracts, the General Does not Detract from the Specific; Strategic Management Solutions, LLC, GAO B-416598.3, B-416598.4
“We Hire Only the Best People, Even Those We’ve Never Met”: Awardee Proposes Personnel It Never Spoke To, Loses Contract; T3I Solutions, LLC, GAO B-418034, B-418034.2
Agency Rightly Rejected Offer that Proposed Salary Rates for the Wrong Geographic Region; Consolidated Safety Services, Inc., GAO -418221
Appeal Challenging NAICS Designation in a Pre-Solicitation Notice is Premature; NAICS Appeal of EYP Squared Joint Venture, LLC, SBA No. NAICS-6035
DFARS Amended to Add Restriction on the Acquisition of Certain Magnets and Tungsten
Agency Unimpressed with Protester’s Over-Reliance on Notes During an Oral Presentation; G4S Secure Solutions (USA), Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-1329C
Email from Contractor Notifying Agency that “We Have Some Damage” Does Not Constitute a Valid Claim; Appeals of Naseem Al-Oula Company, ASBCA Nos. 61321 et al.
Agency’s Compliance With National Historic Preservation Act Cannot Breach Implied Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing; Appeals of Kalaeloa Ventures, LLC, ASBCA Nos. 60527, 60528, 60529
Protester Unable to Argue Its Way out of Less Than Stellar Past Performance; GSI Construction Corporation, GAO B-418084
DFARS Amended to Include Demonstration Project for Contractors Employing Persons with Disabilities
“I Choose, Therefore I Procure”: COFC Dismisses Protest that Questions the Nature of a Procurement; Desktop Alert Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-876C
Agency Not Required to Make Inferences About Offeror’s Performance on Prior Contracts and Apply Those Inferences to the Solicitation’s Requirements; MindPetal Software Solutions, Inc., GAO B-418016
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