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Protester Unable to Convince GAO It’s an Interested Party

So, You Think the Agency Should’ve Given You a Sole Source Award? Don’t Come Crying to GAO.

Government Prevailed in GAO Protest But then Lost at COFC. Did the Split Decision Mean the Protester Couldn’t Recover Fees Under the EAJA?

Protester Claimed Solicitation Placed Unreasonable Risk on the Contractor. But GAO Said Contractors Will Have to Deal.

Agency Thought Awardee Had Mitigated OCI. Why Did GAO Think the Agency Fumbled the OCI Investigation?

Protester Alleged Agency’s Competitive Range Assessment Was Too Glib. GAO Thought It Was Good Enough.

Proposal Revisions Are a Double-Edged Sword. Be Careful Your Revisions Don’t Make Your Proposal Worse.

Evaluation of Joint Venture Experience Continues to Befuddle

An Agency Can’t Require the Protege of a Mentor-Protege JV to Individually Meet the Evaluation Criteria. But Can the Agency Consider the Protege’s Shortcomings?

GAO Delineates Difference Between Solicitation Instructions and Evaluation Criteria

Protester Claimed Agency Delay Made Its Quotation Ineligible. GAO Said Deal with It.

Agency Acknowledged a PIA Violation. Why Didn’t the Agency Cancel the Solicitation?

Can a Protest Revive an Expired Proposal?

Federal Circuit Narrows FASA Task Order Bar; Expands “Interested Party” Standing

Protester Can’t Overcome a Cascade of Deficiencies

Was the Awardee’s Proposal Unacceptable of Was the Protester Trying to Enforce a Patent Ambiguity?

Protester Claimed It Was Misled by the Agency’s Changed Definition of “Strength.” Not So, Says COFC.

Can Daylight Savings Time Save a Late Proposal?

In a Blockbuster Decision, the Federal Circuit Narrows the FASA Task Order Bar, Broadens the Meaning of “Interested Party,” and Expands COFC Bid Protest Jurisdiction

COFC Asked GAO for an Advisory Opinion on a Protest. GAO Said Deny.