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GSA’s Attempt to Deny Validity of Leidos/Lockheed Novation is a Morass of Legalistic Nitpicking; Leidos Innovations Corporation v. United States, CBCA 6303
Contractor Wins Pyrrhic Victory: Proves Constructive Change but Blows It on Damages; Pacific Coast Community Services, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 17-854C
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process
Agency Did Not “Double-Penalize” Protester by Assigning Weakness and Imposing Cost Adjustment for the Same Technical Risk; PAE Aviation and Technical Services, LLC, GAO B-417639
Simultaneous Award of IDIQ and Task Order Does Not Trigger FASA Bar to Court’s Protest Jurisdiction; COFC No. 19-1205, PAE-Parsons Global Logistics Services LLC v. United States and Fluor Intercontinental Inc.
Argument that Italian JV Failed to Comply with Solicitation Requirements Melts Like Gelato in the Tuscan Sun; Gemmo S.p.A., GAO B-416864.3
Contractor that Paid Employee to Essentially Stare at the Wall Unable to Convince ASBCA that Employee’s Salary is a Recoverable Cost; Appeal of Advanced Global Resources, LLC, ASBCA No. 62070
Contractor Plausibly Demonstrated U.S. Improperly Transferred Its Property to Iraqi Government Ownership; COFC No. 17-220C, Kuwait Pearls Catering Co. WLL v United States
Agency’s Award of Bridge Contract Not In Conflict with Permanent Injunction; COFC No. 19-55C, ANHAM FZCO v. United States and KGL Food Services WLL
Agency Procuring Services on Behalf of VA Can Skip Rule of Two; Veterans4You, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-931C
Government’s Control of a “Holding Account” May Have Turned Subcontractor into a Third Party Beneficiary of the Prime Contract; Fox Logistics and Construction Co. v. United States, COFC No. 18-1395C
Protester’s Cost Realism Argument Crashes on the Shoals of Agency Discretion; Highlight Technologies, LLC, GAO B-417620
Conversion of Termination for Default into Termination for Convenience Terminates ASBCA’s Jurisdiction; Appeal of Moonschein Industries LLC, ASBCA No. 61755
Requirement to Submit Past Performance References from Subcontractors and Partners Does Not Mean Agency Must Evaluate References from Subcontractors and Partners Equally; K2 Solutions, Inc., GAO B-417689
Weakness Warranted for Offeror Who Provided Businessy-Sounding Banalities in Response to Agency’s Request for Specifics; IBM Corporation, GAO B-417664
Inaccurate Information in Copyright Registration—Even Though Unintentional—Negates Contractor’s Infringement Claim; Bruhn NewTech, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 16-783C
Challenge to Agency’s Evaluation Under Non-Existent Evaluation Criterion Goes Nowhere; ASRC Federal Data Solutions, LLC, GAO B-417655, B-417655.2, B-417655.3
Failure to Understand Licensing Terms Torpedoes Copyright Infringement Suit Against the Navy; Bitmanagement Software GmbH v. United States, COFC No. 16-804C
DFARS – Restrictions on Use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process
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