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Common Ownership Renders Companies Affiliated, Even When in Different Fields of Business; SBA No. SIZ-5943, Size Appeal of Perry Johnson & Associates
Agency Failed to Reasonably Investigate OCI Arising from Subsidiary’s Ability to Review Awardee’s Work; GAO B-416289, C2C Innovative Solutions Inc.
Protester’s Proposal Deemed Unawardable For Failing to Satisfy Qualification Requirements for Proposed Key Personnel; GAO B-416350, Systems Kinetics Integration Inc.
COC Referral Not Required When Proposal Fails to Provide Material Information; GAO B-415552.4, US21 Inc.
Allegations of OCI, Poor Past Performance Unsupported by Any Evidence; GAO B-415129.3, PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector LLP
Government’s Motion to Amend Answer to Wrongful Termination Suit to Add Counterclaims for Fraud is Timely Even Though Government Had Prior Notice of the Alleged Fraud; COFC No. 14-960C, LW Construction of Charleston LLC v. United States
No Evidence in Awardee’s Proposal That It Would Not Comply with Limitation on Subcontracting; GAO B-415992, Knight Sky LLC
Post-award Solicitation Amendment, Discussions Necessary to Remedy Missing Instructions for Fully Burdened Labor Rates; GAO B-416314, Jacobs Technology Inc.
Agency Failed to Determine Whether Awardee Was Same Entity as Contractor on Approved Source List; GAO B-416277, United Valve Company
Agency’s Cost Realism Analysis Failed to Meaningfully Evaluate Offerors’ Labor Rates And Plan To Capture Incumbent Personnel; GAO B-414844.4, ENSCO, Inc.
Protester’s Complaint That It Has More Experience Than Awardee Not Legally Sufficient to Support Protest; GAO B-416313, Open Technology Group Inc.
CBCA Establishes Preference for E-filing, Extends Filing Hours
Errors in Discussions, Technical Evaluation Not Prejudicial; GAO B-416211, Raytheon Company
SDVOSB Not Required to Register in VIP Database for Non-VA Procurement; SBA No. VET-272, Matter of XtremeConcepts Systems
Protester’s Decision Not to Attend Public Bid Opening Prevented it From Discovering Protest Grounds in Timely Manner; GAO B-416379, GC Works Inc.
Company Shares Owned by Individual Employees Cannot Be Considered Single Voting Block Absent Other Ties or Common Interests; SBA No. SIZ-5939, Size Appeal of Level Access Inc.
Ambiguity Between PWS Requirements, Quotation Prep Instructions Should Have Been Challenged Prior to Deadline for Proposals; GAO B-416091, CW Government Travel Inc.
GAO Declines to Reconsider Protest Dismissed After Protester Failed to Meet Extended Deadline for Filing Comments on Agency Report; GAO B-415045.10, US21 Inc.—Reconsideration
Government’s Willingness to Consider Alternatives Vitiates Finality of Termination for Cause; ASBCA No. 61026, Appeal of Aerospace Facilities Group Inc.
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