There Must Be Some Misunderstanding: Protest Premised on Little More than Disagreement with Agency’s Evaluation Fizzles; Protest of Zolon Tech, Inc., FAA No. 19-ODRA-00854February 5, 2020
Incumbent Proposes Exact Opposite of What Agency Asked For, Loses Contract, Loses Protest; Altair Equipment Company, Inc, GAO B-418303February 5, 2020
Offeror’s Failure to Discuss Solicitation Requirements in the Proper Portion of Its Proposal Results in Deficiency; Management Systems International, Inc. and Blumont Engineering Solutions, Inc., GAO B-418080 et al.February 4, 2020
Approach that Goes Beyond Solicitation Requirement Ends Up Convincing Agency that Offeror Does Not Understand the Requirement; XL Associates, Inc. d/b/a/ XLA, GAO B-417426.3February 4, 2020
Departure of Awardee’s Key Person Not a Problem When Solicitation Does not Require Resumes or Commitment Letters from Key Personnel; CDO Technologies, Inc & Abacus Technology Corporation, GAO B-418111 et al.February 4, 2020
Attorney, Whose Relatives Work for Protester, Denied Access to Materials Covered by Protective Order; Protest of PHT Aerospace LLC, FAA No. 19-ODRA-00861February 4, 2020
COFC Rejects Protester’s Peculiar Interpretation of the Rule of Two, Holds that Even If Rule is Satisfied, Agency is Not Required to Make Award to Veteran-Owned Business Regardless of Price; Veteran Shredding, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-945CFebruary 3, 2020
GAO Finds That Issues Raised by Protester Not Compelling Enough to Justify Consideration of Untimely Protest; Vetterra, LLC, GAO B-417991 et al.February 3, 2020
Protester That Prevailed on One of Three Protest Grounds Awarded One-Third Its Attorneys’ Fees; Protests of Spatial Front, Inc, FAA No. 18-ODRA-00841 (EAJA)February 3, 2020
Agency Cannot Use Highest-Technically Rated Reasonably-Priced Award Methodology When Establishing a Blanket Purchase Agreement; Noble Supply & Logistics, Inc., GAO B-418141January 31, 2020
Offeror’s Decision to Bid on Solicitation Despite Admitted Inability to Satisfy Requirements Goes Over Like Bare Ankles at a Victorian Ball; Protest of Selex ES, Inc., FAA No. 19-ODRA-00855January 31, 2020
Agency’s Corrective Action Appropriate to Address Flaws in Solicitation; PREA Auditors of America, LLC, GAO -B-417856.2January 31, 2020
COFC Denies Stay Pending Appeal, Finds Issues Raised in Appeal Not as Profound as Protester Thinks; Emergency Planning Management, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-1024January 31, 2020
My Bad: COFC Grants Reconsideration, Finds It Precipitously Entered Judgment on Protest Claims that Had Been Set Aside for Later Consideration; A Squared Joint Venture v. United States, COFC No. 17-835CJanuary 30, 2020
It’s All Good: No OCI Even Though Awardee Proposed Agency Employee as a Key Person; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., GAO B-418125 et al.January 30, 2020
Protester Who Negotiated to Become Subcontractor of IDIQ Awardee Cannot Credibly Claim that the Services It Planned to Provide Awardee are Beyond the IDIQ’s Scope; Nuance Communications, Inc. GAO B-418106January 30, 2020
Offeror Cannot Detrimentally Rely on an Agency Miscommunication as Grounds to Negate a Source Selection Decision; Protests of Lakloey, Inc., FAA Nos. 19-ODRA-00859 and 00860January 30, 2020
Incumbent Contractor Unable to Convince GAO that Awardee Is Inexperienced Usurper Whose Approach Will Lead to Misfortune; Raytheon Company, GAO B-417935 et al.January 29, 2020
Contractor Can’t Challenge Validity of CPAR in a Bid Protest: Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-1373CJanuary 29, 2020
COFC Declines to Grant Protester Relief from Judgment; NetCentrics Corporation v. United States, COFC No. 19-839CJanuary 29, 2020
