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Agency Not Required to Conduct Price Realism Analysis Where RFP Did Not Allow for One; GAO B-414137, American Access Inc.
Agency Reasonably Evaluated Proposed Construction Schedule, Even Though RFP Did Not Require One; GAO B-412343.3, Construction Services Group Inc.
Disappointed Offeror Ineligible to Protest When RFP Specifications Not Restrictive of Competition and its Product Does Not Meet Those Specifications; GAO B-413375.4, Remote Diagnostic Technologies, LLC
Transfer of Interest to New Contractor Does Not Affect Previously Filed Claims; CBCA 3760, Smith Management Construction, Inc. and BRC Lease Company, L.L.C., v. Department of Health and Human Services
Administrative and Ministerial Functions not Enough to Meet 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture Requirements; SBA No. Siz-5783 Size Appeal of Sage Acquisitions LLC
High-Dollar Loan Does Not Create Affiliation Between Borrower and Lender, Where Borrower Has Ability to Repay and Lender Has No Ability to Control Debtor; SBA No. SIZ-5807, Size Appeal of First Nation Group d/b/a Jordan Reses Supply Company, LLC
Lease Ambiguous on Agency’s Liability for Increased Property Taxes After Space Was Expanded but Remained Unoccupied; CBCA 5210, CFP FBI-Knoxville LLC v. General Services Administration
Agency Engaged in Ex Parte Communication with Awardee, but Did Not Prejudice Protester; COFC No. 16 1576C, Limco Airepair, Inc. v. The United States
SOW Required Medical Content to be Written by Expert Physicians, Not Editorial Team; GAO B-414150, EBSCO Industries Inc.
LPTA Solicitation Provided for Cost Realism Analysis and MPC Assessment; GAO B-413721.2, Smartronix, Inc.
Supplemental Challenge Untimely When Based on Information Obtained in Connection With Untimely Protest; GAO B-414234, Bart & Associates Inc.
RFP Contemplated Price Reasonableness Evaluation, Not Price Realism Analysis; COFC No. 16-1684C, Munilla Construction Management, LLC v. The United States
Agency’s Price Realism Analysis Failed to Address RFP’s Standards; COFC No. 16-1071C, Active Network, LLC v. The United States
Vendor Receiving Significant Share of Business Via Subcontract from Another Firm Found Not Small by Affiliation; SBA No. SIZ-5813, ProSol Associates, LLC.
Asserting a Different Legal Theory for Recovery, Based on the Same Operative Facts, Does Not Change the Nature of a Claim; CBCA 5323, H.C. Beck LTD. v. General Services Administration
Reliance on Second Vendor for Significant Portion of Revenue Sufficient to Support Finding of Affiliation, Even Without Other Ties; SBA No. SIZ-5794, Size Appeal of MDW Associates LLC
Agency Abused Discretion by Not Requesting Clarification and Declining to Initiate Discussions; COFC No. 16-829, Level 3 Communications LLC v. United States
Protester’s Work for Different Agency Irrelevant to SOW Requirement; GAO B-414000, Government Contract Solutions LLC
Agency Cannot Justify Need for Brand Name Product Specifications; GAO B-413876.2, Pitney Bowes Inc.
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