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Protester Lacks Standing to Argue Agency Failed to Share Q&A Responses to Other Offerors; COFC 17-277C, Cleveland Assets LLC v. United States
Protester Lacks Standing to Argue Agency Failed to Share Q&A Responses to Other Offerors; COFC 17-277C, Cleveland Assets LLC v. United States
Protester Failed to Align Technical Approach with Proposed Pricing; COFC No. 17-603C, Iron Bow Technologies LLC v. The United States
Agency Not Required to Seek Out CPARs for References Not Identified in Proposal; GAO B-414528, Mayfield Government Inspections
Protester’s Products Required First Article Testing, Even Though Vendor Previously Produced Similar Items; GAO B-414392, Gichner Systems Group Inc.
Solicitation Provided for Consideration of Price as an Issue of Responsibility, but Did Not Allow Agency to Conduct Full Realism Evaluation; GAO B-414430, IR Technologies
Agency Cannot Evaluate Information Protester Failed to Include in Proposal; GAO B-410466.8, The Red Gate Group, Ltd.
Agency Not Prohibited from Accepting Below-Cost, Fixed-Price Offer; GAO B-413323.3, Systems Plus Inc.
Agency’s Decision to Take Corrective Action Does Not Automatically Mean Protester’s Challenge Was Clearly Meritorious; GAO B-410157.4, American Commercial Group Inc.—Costs
OCI Allegations Fail to Identify Any Opportunity for Awardee to Gain Competitive Advantage; GAO B-414268.3, Accenture Federal Services LLC
Price Realism Concerns Never Communicated to Technical Evaluators or SSA, and Not Resolved During Discussions; GAO B-414337, Next Tier Concepts Inc.; MAXIMUS Federal Services Inc.
Number of Strengths Assigned to Proposal Less Important Than Rationale Supporting Them; GAO B-414319.2, ASRC Communications Ltd.
Protester Not Prejudiced by Alleged Errors in Cost Realism Evaluation, Because Awardee’s Evaluated Price Remained Lower; GAO B-414387, General Dynamics Information Technology Inc.
DHS Acknowledges Supporting Documentation Altered After Source Selection Decisions Were Made; GAO B-414175.10, EDC Consulting LLC, et al
Discretion to Stay Civil Proceedings Until Resolution of Criminal Case Rests With Board; ASBCA No. 60365, Appeals of Supreme Food Services GmbH
Protester Cannot Be Readmitted to Competition After Rejecting Agency’s Request to Extend Proposal Acceptance Date; GAO B-414198.2, Western Star Hospital Authority Inc.
Contractor Avoids Penalties Where Business Costs Related to Economic and Market Planning Activities are Allowable; ASBCA Nos. 57743, Appeals of Raytheon Company
Contractor Cannot Claim Costs When Its Failure to Hire Subcontractor Contributed to Performance Delays; ASBCA Nos. 60854, Appeals of MULE Engineering Inc.
GAO: Agencies May Recover a Limited Portion of Contract Value When Satellites Fail
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