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Your Price is 83% Higher, But that Doesn’t Mean the Other Guy’s Proposal Is Unrealistic

The Solicitation Included a Price Range. Does that Mean Proposals Outside the Range Were Unacceptable?

COFC Restricts “Serial Litigant” From Filing Any More Complaints Without Chief Judge’s Approval

Protester Challenged the Rejection of Its Proposal, But GAO Found the Protester Didn’t Address Employee Absences in Staffing Plan

Protester Argued FAR Required Agency to Compare Compensation Levels to the Incumbent Contract. Why Did GAO Reject the Argument?

Protester Alleged Its Own Proposal Didn’t Deserve a Weakness and the Awardee’s Didn’t Deserve a Strength. GAO Was Not Persuaded.

Protester Objected to a Weakness It Received for Employee Retention Issues. Why Did GAO Find the Weakness Was Warranted?

GAO Finds Protester’s Arguments Were Either Untimely or Failed to State a Claim

GAO Found the Agency Unreasonably Focused on a One-Cent Error. Why Did GAO Still Deny the Protest?

No Harm, No Foul: GAO Reaffirms That Prejudice Is Everything

GAO Holds Firm to Solicitation’s 5-Year Experience Requirement

GAO Confirms It’s Not Required to Address Every Protest Ground

Protester Argued There Was No Basis for Corrective Action. GAO Disagreed

COFC Finds Phrase “Please Provide” Does Not Establish a Minimum Requirement

Been There, Done That. GAO Rejects Request for Reconsideration

COFC Wrestles With Jurisdiction Regarding Other Transaction Authority

Protester Disputes the Definition of “Pending.” GAO Says It Doesn’t Matter

Proposal Page Limitations Are Not Set in Concrete—Agencies Can Waive Them

Protester Claimed Awardee’s Past Performance Reference Wasn’t Relevant. GAO Said It Was Close Enough

The Protester Argued the Agency Ignored Its Experience. But GAO Found the Protester Didn’t Have the Right Experience.