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The Solicitation May Impose Risk on the Eventual Contractor, But that Doesn’t Mean Offerors Can’t Intelligently Compete

The Solicitation Didn’t Require a Price Realism Evaluation, But That Didn’t Stop the Protester from Challenging the Awardee’s Low Price

Protester Alleged Agency Ignored Information in Its Proposal. But GAO Said Agency Couldn’t Ignore What Wasn’t There.

Protester Satisfied Prerequisites for an “Outstanding” Rating But Received a “Good.” GAO Didn’t See a Problem.

Agency Conducted Exchanges with the Awardee But Not the Protester. Why Didn’t This Amount to Unequal Discussions?

Agency’s Desultory Evaluation and Limp Protest Arguments Result in a Sustain

You May Be the Incumbent, But Don’t Expect the Agency to Assume You Understand the Requirements

Protester Claimed Sole-Source Award Was a “Legal Nullity.” Why Did GAO Dismiss?

Protester Said Agency’s “Concerns” Were Weaknesses that Should’ve Been Raised in Discussions. Why Wasn’t GAO Convinced?

Can a Corrective Action and a Reevaluation Revive an Argument that Wasn’t Raised in the Initial Protest?

Beware of the Latent Ambiguity that Turns into a Patent Ambiguity

Why Was this Non-Protesting Offeror Allowed to Intervene in Another Offeror’s Pre-Award Protest?

Protested Wanted More Time to Prepare Bid for Pressure Washing Services. GAO Wasn’t Sympathetic.

Protester’s Experience References Had Higher Contract Values than Awardee’s. Did This Make the Protester’s References More Relevant?

Awardee’s Staffing Levels Were Lower than Government’s Estimate, But that Didn’t Mean Its Costs Were Unrealistic

Protester Claimed Procurement Was Tainted by a Conflict. Why Wasn’t COFC Persuaded?

A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Recruitment Issues Doom Protester’s Quotation

Protester Said Past Performance Evaluation Overemphasized Negatives. Why Did GAO Think It Was Fair?

Protester Wanted a Solicitation Amendment. GAO Wasn’t Convinced.

Was this Awardee’s Price Was Too Good to be True? GAO Didn’t Think So.