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Your Protest May Have Prompted Corrective Action, But that Doesn’t Mean the Reevaluation Will Be Favorable

Next Time You Sign a Bid, Skip the Blue Pen and Go With a Black Sharpie

Protester’s Apparent Conflict Exuded a “Certain Aroma that Is Hard to Purify”

Protester Wanted COFC to Enforce CICA Stay in GAO Protest. Why Did the Court Refuse?

Agency Tried to Take Corrective Action But COFC Said Agency Can’t Just Call a Mulligan

How Did This Protester Miss a Strength by One-Tenth of a Pound?

Why Did GAO Sustain 64 CIO-SP4 Protests?

COFC Effectively Overturns GAO, Finds Supposedly Unavailable Key Person Was Quasi-Available

Why Wasn’t GAO Satisfied with the Documentation of this Price Evaluation?

Agency Adjusted Protester’s Costs. How Could the Protester’s Proposal Still Present Cost Risk?

Incumbency Status Cannot Fill Gaps in Proposal

Agency’s Lackadaisical Evaluation and Half-Hearted Explanations Result in Sustained Protest

Awardee Acquired Another Firm Before Bidding. Could the Awardee Claim the Firm’s Contracts as Past Performance References?

Protester Conceded Proposal Flaws But Thought Agency Was “Hypercritical.” Why Did GAO Think the Level of Criticism Appropriate?

GAO Sustains Dozens of CIO-SP4 Protests. How Did the Agency Botch the Evaluation?

Protester Had Technically Superior Proposal. Why Didn’t It Get the Contract?

Did the Protester’s Proposal Lack Detail or Did the Agency Apply Unstated Criteria?

Why Did GAO Think the Agency Was a Little Too Cavalier in Enforcing Solicitation Requirements?

Did the Agency Hold Unequal Discussions or Did the Awardee Just Have a Really Significant Weakness?

Don’t Wait Until the Last Minute to File with GAO’s EPDS