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Agency Can Take Corrective Action to Remedy Issue Not Raised in a Protest; Far North Forestry, LLC, GAO B-417502.2
Inadvertent Misrepresentation on Availability of Key Personnel Results in Rescission of Award; NetCentrics Corporation v. United States, COFC No. 19-839C
Despite Torrent of Gossip, Innuendo, and Smack-Talk, COFC Finds No Conflict of Interest; Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 18-1671C
DFARS – Price Reasonableness of Commercial Items
Scored Evaluation Criteria Not Unduly Restrictive Just Because Offerors Do Not Qualify for Every Point Available Under the Criteria; ADVENTureOne LLC; Apogee Engineering, LLC, GAO B-408685.23; B-408685.26
Obligation to Post RFQ on GSA’s e-Buy System Did Not Mean Agency Had to Ensure Offerors Could View the Post; CC&C Management Services, LLC, GAO B-417594
Government’s Accord and Satisfaction Defense Fails; Meridian Engineering Company v. United States, COFC No. 11492C
Agency Provided Meaningful Discussions by Telling Offeror its Price was Too High; Altavian, Inc., GAO B-417701, B-417701.2
Agency’s Decision to Award Sole-Source Contract was Justified; DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc., GAO B-417628, B-417628.2, B-417628.3
COFC Erred in Calculating a “Tax Gross-Up” Awarded to Contractor; Sonoma Apartment Associates v. United States, Fed. Cir. No. 2018-1781
Awardee’s “Outstanding” Rating on a Technical Factor was Unreasonable; ANHAM FZCO v. United States, COFC No. 19-55C
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements
COFC Finds that Compilation of Law Firms’ Billing Rates is Proprietary; Waverly View Investors, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 15-371L
GAO Lacks Authority to Hear Challenge to SBA Certificate of Compliance; Semper Valens Solutions, Inc., GAO B-417028.4
Bizarre Subcontracting Arrangement Still Subject to CDA’s Statute of Limitations; COFC No. 19-376C, Thomas Nussbaum v. United States
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Taxes—Foreign Contracts in Afghanistan
Company’s Inability to Prove It’s Controlled by a Service-Disabled Veteran Tanks Its SDVOSB Status; Appeal of Barry Capital Projects, Inc., SBA No. CVE-106-A
EPA Proposes to Amend Its Acquisition Regluations to Address Conflicts with Commercial Supplier Agreements
DFARS Proposed Rule – Validation of Proprietary and Technical Data
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