Challenge to Solicitation Term Futile When Contractor Can’t Satisfy Other Requirements; GAO B-418494, DGCI CorporationMay 15, 2020
“Won’t You Stay With Me, Cause You’re All I Need”: Challenge to Override of CICA Stay Fails to Persuade; STG, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 20-283CMay 14, 2020
Try Harder! Agency Not Required to Make More of an Effort to Locate Protester’s Past Performance Information; ValidaTek-CITI, LLC, GAO B-418320.2May 14, 2020
Lawyer’s Government Contracts Experience Is Not Distinctive Knowledge or a Specialized Skill that Justifies Fee Award in Excess of EAJA’s Statutory Cap; 2M Research Services, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 17-1638May 13, 2020
Debriefing is a Process, Not a Single Date; COFC No. 20-299C, NIKA Technologies Inc. v. United StatesMay 13, 2020
Agency-Level Protest Does Not Preserve Pre-Award Protest Rights After Award Decision is Made; COFC No. 19-674, Harmonia Holdings Group LLC v. United States and Dev Technology Group Inc.May 13, 2020
COFC Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Protest Challenging SBA’s Issuance of Certificate of Competency; Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Co., LLC v. United States, COFC No. 20-309CMay 12, 2020
Key Employee’s Experience Does Not Necessarily Impute to Newly-Formed Employer; Bliss Pharmacy Services, GAO B-418521May 12, 2020
Awardee Takes Exception to Solicitation Requirements, Loses Protest; Deloitte Consulting LLP, GAO B-417988.2 et al.May 8, 2020
Protester’s Failure to Adequately Explain Past Performance Efforts Consigns Proposal to the Reject Pile; Strategic Services and Solutions, JV, GAO B-415716.38May 8, 2020
Agency Flubs Past Performance Evaluation By Assigning a Marginal Rating to Protester In the Face of Exemplary PPQs; Addx Corporation, GAO B-417804.2 et al.May 7, 2020
Protester Unable to Claim that Its Own Business Decisions Were the Result of Misleading Discussions; 1400 Chapman, LLC, GAO B-418409 et al.May 7, 2020
Protester Not Prejudiced By Alleged Out of Scope Task Order; American Systems Group, GAO B-418469May 7, 2020
“All Animals Are Equal, But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others”: Awardee’s “Outstanding” Rating Slightly More Outstanding than the Protester’s “Outstanding” Rating; Asset Protection & Security Services, LP, GAO B-417024.6, B-417024.7May 6, 2020
Forest Service Had Discretion to Hold Telephonic Oral Auction; Timbered Rangeland Management, LLC, GAO B-418424May 6, 2020
They Just Looked the Part? Agency Unable to Explain Strengths Assigned to Awardee; IAP Worldwide Services, Inc, GAO B-417824, B-417824.2May 5, 2020
Protester’s Estimated Costs Are Not the Benchmark Used to Assess Realism of Awardee’s Costs; EFW, Inc., GAO B-418177 et al.May 5, 2020
Agency Erred in Crediting Awardee With Experience of Affiliates that Were Not Participating in Contract Effort; MetroStar Systems, Inc., GAO B-416377.5, B-416377.8May 4, 2020
The Belt and Suspenders Approach: Agency’s Decision to Take More Corrective Action than GAO Recommended Not Objectionable; IT Objects, LLC, GAO B-418012.3May 4, 2020
