Despite a Flurry of Arguments, Protester Is Unable to Convince Court that Agency Bungled Evaluation; XTec, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 20-1078CApril 30, 2021
Agency’s Refusal to Exercise an Option Is Not a Procurement Decision over which GAO Has Jurisdiction; APR Staffing, GAO B-419667April 30, 2021
Protester Can’t Challenge Terms of Solicitation When it Elected to Compete Under a Patent Ambiguity; International Business Machines Corporation, GAO B-417596.10April 29, 2021
Hard to Win a Protest When the Agency Found Your Proposal “Generic” and the Awardees’ “More Detailed and Creative”; Zolon Tech, Inc., GAO B-419280.4April 29, 2021
Protester’s Failure to Check Email for Over a Week Results in an Untimely Protest; SAGAM Securite Senegal, GAO B-418583.2April 28, 2021
Protester Can’t Submit Project It Has Not Yet Performed as Prior Experience; Creoal Consulting, LLC,GAO B-419460, B-419460.2April 28, 2021
Protester Alleged that Cost Realism Analysis Was Flawed But Failed to Identify Specific Problem with the Evaluation; OBXtek, Inc, GAO B-419478, B-419478.2April 28, 2021
Protester Claims Agency “Lost Proposal in the Electronic Ether,” But COFC Finds Protester Can’t Prove It Properly Submitted Proposal; Naval Systems, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 20-1539CApril 27, 2021
FAA’s ODRA Finds Agency Improperly Waived an “Extraordinarily Disturbing” OCI, Recommends Agency Consider Debarment or Suspension of Awardee; Protest of SGT, Inc., FAA No. 20-ODRA-00872April 27, 2021
COFC Effectively Reverses GAO, Finds Flaws in Agency’s Past Performance, Price, and Technical Evaluations; Mortgage Contracting Services, LLC v. United States, COFC NO. 20-1230CApril 26, 2021
Protester Had Sufficient Notice of Agency’s Plan to Conduct Procurement Under the FAR’s Simple Acquisition Procedures; Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 20-1385April 26, 2021
Government Not Required to Pay Contractor’s Assignee Until Agency Receives Notice of the Assignment; Allied Meridian Funding, LLC. v. Department of Agriculture, CBCA 6893April 26, 2021
GAO Sustains Protest, Finds that Agency Overrated Awardee, Underrated the Protester, and Botched the Best Value Determination; TekSynap Corporation, GAO B-419464, B-419464.2April 23, 2021
COFC Reaffirms that Runway Extension Act’s 5-Year Look-Book Period Does Not Apply to SBA’s Size Standards; Obsidian Solutions Group, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 20-1602CApril 23, 2021
GAO Not Required to Advise Agency that It Failed to Adequately Support Its Arguments; Department of the Army—Reconsideration and Clarification of Remedy, GAO B-419150.2April 22, 2021
Not In My House: COFC Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Protest Against Administrative Office of U.S. Courts; Microgenics Corporation v. United States, COFC No. 21-896CApril 22, 2021
Protester, Who Submitted Proposal In Response to Initial Solicitation, Was Not Appropriate Party to Challenge Agency’s Decision to Amend, Rather than Cancel, Solicitation; RELYANT Global, LLC, GAO B-418693.7April 21, 2021
Mathematical Error in Government Estimate Did Not Negate Cost Realism Evaluation; Quanterion Solutions, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 20-1266CApril 21, 2021
Right Place, Wrong Time: GAO Finds that Protester’s Arguments Were Essentially Untimely Challenges to the Solicitation; AGMA Security Service, Inc., GAO B-419443April 21, 2021
