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Third Lowest-Priced Offeror Successfully Challenges Evaluation of Lowest- and Second Lowest-Priced, When Agency Failed to Consider Whether Modified Items Were Eligible for Sale from Schedule Contract; GAO B-416972, Hi-Tech Bed Systems Corporation
Appeal of a Favorable Equitable Adjustment Exposes Contractor to a Reduction of that Adjustment; ASBCA Nos. 5973, Appeals of Lebolo-Watts Constructors 01 JV, LLC
Claim Asserted Sum Certain While Acknowledging That Overlapping Amounts Would Need to Be Resolved After Entitlement; ASBCA No. 61782, Appeal of M.J. Hughes Construction Inc.
Claim Asserted Sum Certain While Acknowledging That Overlapping Amounts Would Need to Be Resolved After Entitlement; ASBCA No. 61782, Appeal of M.J. Hughes Construction Inc.
Protester’s Failure to Provide Usable Test Application Not an Unstated Evaluation Criterion; GAO B-416926, NCI Information Systems Inc.
Agency Wouldn’t Take Incumbent’s Word That Employees Agreed to Accept Lower Salaries; GAO B-416834, TWD & Associates Inc.
Cursory Statements of Experience Insufficient to Meet Solicitation Requirement; GAO B-416843, Global Logistics Providers LLC
Diligent Pursuit of Reason for Exclusion from Competitive Range Rendered Protest Timely, Even Though Filed After Pre-Award Debriefing and Award; GAO B-416859.2, Miltope
Small Contractor Must Self-Perform Majority of Primary and Vital Requirements, Not Merely Incidental Work, to Avoid Affiliation Under Ostensible Subcontractor Rule; SBA No. SIZ-5967, Size Appeal of Kûpono Government Services LLC
R&D NAICS Code Appropriate When Contractor Must Also Understand Agency and Contractor Research; SBA No. NAICS-5968, NAICS Appeal of Advanced Concepts Enterprises Inc.
Contractor Underpriced Bid Because It Unreasonably Assumed PWS Hours Wouldn’t Be Needed; ASBCA Nos. 60211, Appeals of Charles F. Day & Associates
Agency Properly Referred Eventual Awardee for COC Determination Based on Unacceptability of Corporate Experience, Key Personnel Factors; GAO B-416892, Lawson Environmental Services LLC
Protester Loses Third Challenge to SBA’s Decision to Withhold COC; GAO B-416939, Dehler Manufacturing Co. Inc.
ASBCA Finds Contractor Should Not Be Penalized for Billing at Previous Year’s Final Indirect Rates at Agency’s Direction; ASBCA No. 61397, Appeal of L&M Technologies Inc.
Allegations of Widespread Bias Should Have Been Raised Prior to Deadline for Proposals; GAO B-417120, Adams and Associates Inc.
RFP Did Not Limit Agency’s Price Evaluation to Considering Only Not-to-Exceed Amounts; GAO B-417036, Ryan P. Slaughter dba Allied Synergy International
Accidental Double-Counting of Strengths Didn’t Impact Source Selection Decision; GAO B-416849, North South Consulting Group LLC
Evaluators Can Rely on Personal Knowledge of Offerors’ Contract References to Determine Relevance; GAO B-416755, Network Security Systems Plus Inc.
Appellant Undermines Case by Agreeing with Government’s Version of Termination Events; ASBCA No. 61333, Ballistic Recovery Systems Inc.
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