Agency Entitled to Cancel Task Order Solicitation When the Term Would Have Exceeded Completion Deadline of Underlying GWAC; CEdge Software Consultants, LLC, GAO B-418128.7August 21, 2020
Federal Circuit Vacates COFC Decision, Remands for Determination of Whether Debt Underlying Government Offset Was Valid; Agility Public Warehouse Company K.S.C.P. v. United States, Fed Cir. 2019-1886, 2019-1887August 20, 2020
Confusion Concerning Updates to GSA’s e-Buy Website Does Not Excuse a Late Quotation; The Winvale Group, LLC, GAO B-418804August 20, 2020
How Could You Want Them When You Could Have Me?: Protester Unable to Prove that Solicitation Was Tailored to a Specific Vendor; Kardex Remstar, LLC, GAO B-418714August 19, 2020
GAO Affirms that “Close-at-Hand” Doctrine Does Not Apply to Technical Evaluation; XTec, Inc., GAO B-418619 et al.August 19, 2020
Protester Booted for Not Properly Certifying Its Non-Use of Covered Chinese Telecommunications Equipment and Services; MicroTechnologies, LLC, GAO B-418700August 17, 2020
Agency Not Required to Infer that Proposed Key Person Possesses Experience Not Listed in the Proposal; VSolvit, LLC, GAO B-418265.2, B-418265.3August 14, 2020
Protester’s Size, for Purposes of Statutory Cap on Attorneys’ Fees, Is Determined at the Time Protest Is Filed; Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC –Costs, GAO B-417475.7August 13, 2020
Agency Not Required to Deduce Relevancy of Past Performance Reference From General Statements in Proposal; Patriot Defense Group, LLC, GAO B-418720.3August 12, 2020
Solicitation Seeking Task Order for Cloud-Based Platform with AI Capabilities Within Scope of Systems, Engineering, Technology, and Innovation (SETI) IDIQ Contract; C3, ai, Inc., GAO B-418676August 12, 2020
Cancellation of Solicitation Not a Ruse to Avoid Litigating a Bid Protest; Qbase, LLC, GAO B-417371.4, B-417371.5August 12, 2020
COFC Effectively Affirms GAO Decision Finding that Offeror’s Participation in Prior Development Contract Did not Create Conflict in Procurement for Production Contract; AAR Manufacturing v. United States, COFC No. 20-459August 11, 2020
COFC Wades Into Massive Case Consolidating Seven Protests, Decides Not to Second-Guess Agency’s Conclusions in Highly-Technical SETI Procurement; Technology Innovation Alliance et al. v. United States, COFC Nos. 19-1115C et al.August 11, 2020
Protester Improperly (and Implausibly) Interpreted a Solicitation Requirement as a Ceiling So That Any Amount Proposed Below the Requirement Satisfied the Requirement; Sarandrea Associates Group Corporation, GAO B-418728August 10, 2020
GAO Denies Costs for Protest that Was Not Only Not Clearly Meritorious But Had “No Merit At All”; Zeneth Technology Partners, B-418571.6August 10, 2020
Protest Based on Misinterpretation of Solicitation Was Not Clearly Meritorious for Purposes of Cost Reimbursement; Sumaria Systems, Inc. –Costs, GAO B-418440.3August 10, 2020
“I Feel Pretty, Oh So Pretty”: Protester Not Prejudiced By Agency’s Failure to Assess Additional Strengths When Proposal Already Had Highest Possible Rating; MVM, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 20-235CAugust 7, 2020
Trust Me, I’m Good for It: Company, Whose Parent Was Operating at a Loss, Unable to Prove It’s a Responsible Contractor; American Energy Logistics Solutions, LLC, GAO B-417844.3August 7, 2020
GAO Quickly Rids Itself of Bizarre Protest Involving Elaborate Relationship Between Protester and Awardee; Perimeter Solutions, GAO B-418687August 7, 2020
ICE ICE Baby: Protester Alleges “If There Was a Problem Yo I’ll Solve It” But ICE’s Misleading Discussions Had Me “Checking Out the Hook While the DJ Revolved It”—GAO Finds Protester Failed to “Stop, Collaborate, and Listen”; CoreCivic, Inc., GAO B-418620, B-418620.2August 6, 2020
