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Protester Said Agency Gave Short Shrift to Past Performance on the Incumbent Contract. Why Did GAO Think the Agency Properly Weighed that Performance?

Protestor Contended Awardee Proposed Non-Compliant Equipment. GAO Wasn’t Persuaded.

OHA Says Agency Assigned Wrong NAICS Code to Weapons Detection Contract

Agency Made Deductions from Contractor’s Invoices. Were the Deductions an Allowable Negative Incentive or an Impermissible Penalty?

Prime Contractor Went Bankrupt. Why Couldn’t the Unpaid Sub Get Reimbursed by the Government?

Don’t Forget to Remove Access Restrictions from Your Proposal!

Protester Claimed Awardee Wasn’t Authorized to Work in Place of Performance. Why Did GAO Deny?

When Can an Agency Use a “Notional Estimate” to Evaluate Proposals?

Solicitation Didn’t Require Labor Categoriy Mapping. Why Did the Agency Err in Not Considering Whether the Awardee’s Categories Encompassed the Required Services?

Protester Complained Licensing Requirements Were Unduly Restrictive. GAO Said Deal with It.

GAO Parses Difference Between a Contract and a Cash Prize

Protest Foiled by Issue Preclusion

Protester Argued Agency Didn’t Provide Enough Time to Prepare Proposals. GAO Begged to Differ.

Lost in LCAT Limbo: Deficient Labor Category Mapping Consigns Proposal to the Reject Pile

Requirement Was “Comparatively Stringent” But Not Unduly Restrictive

Agency’s Inept Evaluation Inspires Court’s Lofty Aphorism: “Unreasonable Government Actions Fester in Opaqueness”

COFC Disqualified an Offeror for an Unmitigable Conflict. Why Did the Federal Circuit Reverse?

Awardee Was Working on a Similar Contract for the Same Agency. Why Didn’t the Agency Have to Consider that Contract When Assessing Past Performance?

COFC Finds GAO Botched Outcome Prediction, Reinstates Award to Initial Awardee

Protester Thought Agency May Want Something Other than What the Solicitation Specified. The Protester Was Wrong.