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Rule of Two Does Not Apply to Agency Leasing Real Property on Behalf of the VA; Cross & Company, LLC, GAO B-417971
ASBCA Reverses Itself, Grants Government’s Motion for Reconsideration; Appeals of DCX-CHOL Enterprises, Inc., ASBCA Nos. 61636, 61637
“Let’s Pretend That Didn’t Happen”—Agency Cannot Ignore a Significant Weakness Just Because Offeror Removed “Verbiage” Related to the Weakness in a Revised Proposal; Qi Tech, LLC, GAO B-416711.8, B416711.9
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); Adoption of Construction Project Delivery Method Involving Early Industry Engagement—Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc)
Alleged Strengths In Proposal Not as Beneficial as Protester Thinks; By Light Professional IT Services, LLC; GAO B-417191.3
Weakness Assigned to Protester but Not to Awardee for Failing to Explain Approach is Not Unequal Treatment Where Protester’s Approach Required Further Explanation but Awardee’s Did Not; Science Applications International Corporation, GAO B-417976
Contractor’s Failure to Adhere to Contract’s Terms Precludes Recovery of Retroactive Wage Determinations; Harris IT Services Corporation v. Department of Veterans Affairs, CBCA No. 5814, 5815, 5816
Offeror’s Inability to Satisfy Solicitation Requirement Does Not Make Requirement Unduly Restrictive; Omnicell, Inc., GAO B-417941
Disclosure of Protester’s Staffing Plan Did Not Result in Competitive Prejudice; Centerra Integrated Facilities Services, LLC, GAO B-417963
Agency Reasonably Rejected Proposal Due to Stingy, Unsupported Labor Rates; OBXtek, Inc., GAO B-417880 et al.
Agency Entitled to Rely on Validity of Lease Agreement Submitted with Proposal; Tapestry Technologies, Inc., GAO B-416670.2, B-4126670.3
Brickyard Blowout: IndyCar Company Cannot Claim Implied-In-Fact Contract Based on Statements by an Agency Official Who Could Not Bind the Government; Panther Brands, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 16-1157C
“You’re Doing it Wrong, But Please Keep Doing It” — Protester Cannot Simultaneously Protest a Corrective Action While Asking the Agency to Proceed with the Corrective Action; Peraton, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-932C
GAO Rejects Protest that Simply Restated Arguments From Initial Protest in Comments on Agency Report; CRESTRAT JV, LLC, GAO B-415716.35, B-415716.36
GAO Refuses to Review SBA Responsibility Determination; Trade West Construction, Inc., GAO B-418252
Protest Challenging Scope of Corrective Action Is Untimely When Filed After Second Award Decision; Millennium Engineering and Integration Company, GAO B-417359.4, B-417359.5
Failure to Adhere to Solicitation’s Pricing Requirements Was Not a “Minor Informational Discrepancy”; Noble Supply & Logistics, Inc., GAO B-415725.3
Agency Cannot Ignore Information that Contradicts Offeror’s Assertion of Compliance with Solicitation Requirements; Vane Line Bunkering, Inc., GAO B-417859, B-417859.2
FAR Interim Rule – Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecom and Video Equipment
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