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Protests & Claims
The decisions, disputes, and analysis shaping government contracts litigation.
Bid Protests
The Awardee Proposed a Current Agency Employee as Key Person: Was This a Conflict of Interest or Just Not a Good Look?
Protester’s Challenge to the Experience Evaluation Gets the Cold Shoulder
Protester Strikes Out After Two Rounds of Discussions
Bid Protests in California
Claims
You Can’t Appeal What You Never Claimed
Minimum Wage, Maximum Confusion: CBCA Says EPA Clauses Don’t Cover Minimum Wage Costs
What’s On the Schedule? Architect Fights VA Over Construction Timeline Review Duties
No Bond, No Work, No Excuses: Contractor’s 181-Day Failure to Secure Required Bonds Justifies Default Termination
Small Business
SBA Overhauls Scorecard, Focusing on Veterans & Competition
8(a) Program Impacts of SBA’s Final Rule on Social Disadvantage
SBA’s Proposed Size Changes: By the Numbers
The Size Standards Question Everyone Is Asking Me, and Two Things I Would Watch
Expert Opinion
Winning the Contract Is Only Step One. Financial Strategy Seals the Deal.
Bid Protests in California
Fixed Price Is the New Federal Default. Is Your Margin Ready?
Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Update: Second Batch of Proposed Rules Released
News
Modernizing Government Technology Takes More Than Faster Procurement
CFTC’s Bridge Lease at 3 Lafayette Centre Survives GAO Protest From Rival Landlord
Space Force SCAR Program Advances Commercial Satellite Communications Acquisition Strategy
Small Businesses Got $11.9B More in Federal Contracts Through May. Their Share Fell to 18.8% From 20.2%.
Resources
The Awardee Proposed a Current Agency Employee as Key Person: Was This a Conflict of Interest or Just Not a Good Look?
Protester’s Challenge to the Experience Evaluation Gets the Cold Shoulder
Protester Strikes Out After Two Rounds of Discussions
Antarctic Misadventure: GAO Sustains, Finds Agency Should Not Have Credited the Awardee’s Affiliate Experience
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