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Solicitation that Provides for Award Based on Price/Past Performance Tradeoff Does Not Violate Proscription Against LPTA Criteria; Inserso Corporation, GAO B-417791, B-417791.3
Contractor’s Attempt to Negotiate Claim Does Not Toll Statute of Limitations; Pegasus Enterprises, LP v. General Services Administration, CBCA 5420, 5733
DoD Amends DFARS to Require Assessment of Reliability and Maintainability in Weapon System Design
Government Only Liable for Property Taxes Contemplated by the Parties When They Executed Lease; NOAA Maryland, LLC v. General Services Administration, CBCA 5269, 5659
Court Refuses to Supplement Administrative Record with Documents Subject to Attorney-Client and Deliberative-Process Privileges; Poplar Point RBBR, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-1378C
Agency’s Refusal to Disqualify Offeror Suspected of Making a Misrepresentation was Reasonable; Alaska Structures, Inc. v. United States, COFC Nos. 19-792C and 19-204C
DFARS: Payment for Subline Items Not Separately Priced
Franchisee’s Affiliation with Franchisor Negates Small Business Status; Size Appeal of The Coleman Group, Inc. d/b/a Spherion Staffing Services, SBA No. SIZ-6026
The “Rule of Two” Does Not Preclude a Price Reasonableness Evaluation; Land Shark Shredding, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-508C
DoD Removes the Exemption from the Nonmanufacturer Rule
Federal Circuit Affirms that Surety, Which Executed Takeover Agreement with the Government, Lacks Standing to Assert Claims that Arose Before the Takeover Agreement; Guarantee Company of North America, USA v. Ikhana, LLC, Fed. Cir. 2018-1394
“Somewhat Relevant” Past Performance Rating Still Satisfies RFP’s Minimum Relevancy Rating Standard; Arrowpoint Corporation, GAO B-417375.2, B-417375.3
Merely Using the Word “Implement” in a Proposal Does Not Demonstrate Implementation Experience; Incentive Technology Group, LLC, GAO B-415716.30
Corrective Action Can Be Meaningful Even When Award Decision Stands; GAO B-417565.3, DirectViz Solutions, LLC
Exchanges with Unsuccessful Offeror Created No Prejudice for Protester, Even Assuming They Were Improper Discussions; GAO B-417786, JHC Technology Inc.
Appellant Wins Appeal but Nets Only Half the Recovery COFD Originally Awarded; ASBCA No. 60608, Appeal of BES Construction LLC
Court Must See Entire Contract Before Deciding Which Provision Controls Dispute; COFC No. 18-1882C, Coffman Specialties Inc. v United States
Agency Reasonably Focused Consideration of Subcontractor’s Past Performance to Areas in Which it was Proposed to Perform; GAO B-417798.2, Red River Science & Technology LLC
Delayed Filings Scuttle Protests Challenging Technical Evaluation, Decision to Cancel Solicitation; GAO B-418007, Quasar Global Technologies Inc.
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