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Agency’s Inept Evaluation Inspires Court’s Lofty Aphorism: “Unreasonable Government Actions Fester in Opaqueness”
Agency Executed Purchase Order and Immediately Determined It Didn’t Need What It Just Bought. Did the Agency Breach the Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing?
Claimant Survived a Motion to Dismiss But Backed Itself into a Jurisdictional Snafu
Contractor Claimed It Reached a Side Agreement with the Government During ADR. Why Couldn’t the ASBCA Hear Claims Related to the Agreement?
Government Moved to Dismiss Breach Claim. Why Wasn’t the COFC on Board?
COFC Disqualified an Offeror for an Unmitigable Conflict. Why Did the Federal Circuit Reverse?
Awardee Was Working on a Similar Contract for the Same Agency. Why Didn’t the Agency Have to Consider that Contract When Assessing Past Performance?
COFC Finds GAO Botched Outcome Prediction, Reinstates Award to Initial Awardee
Protester Challenged Awardee’s SDVOSB Status, But It Turned Out the Contract Wasn’t Set Aside for SDVOSBs
Federal Circuit Descends from Olympus to Determine Whether ASBCA Muffed Interpretation of a Salad Supply Contract
Protester Thought Agency May Want Something Other than What the Solicitation Specified. The Protester Was Wrong.
CBCA Refuses to Dismiss Contractor’s Superior Knowledge and Impracticability Claims
Claimant Said Its Damages May Need to Be Adjusted. Did this Qualification Mean the Claimant Had Not Submitted a Sum Certain?
The Solicitation May Impose Risk on the Eventual Contractor, But that Doesn’t Mean Offerors Can’t Intelligently Compete
Protester Said SDVOSB Had a Stale Joint Venture Agreement. OHA Disagreed.
The Solicitation Didn’t Require a Price Realism Evaluation, But That Didn’t Stop the Protester from Challenging the Awardee’s Low Price
Protester Alleged Agency Ignored Information in Its Proposal. But GAO Said Agency Couldn’t Ignore What Wasn’t There.
Protester Satisfied Prerequisites for an “Outstanding” Rating But Received a “Good.” GAO Didn’t See a Problem.
Notice of Appeal Did Not State a Sum Certain. Why Didn’t the CBCA Dismiss?
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