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Awardee’s Executives Were Indicted for Fraud. Why Couldn’t the Protester Supplement the Record with Indictments?

COFC Sustains Multiple Protests in Massive IT Procurement. Why Did the Court Think the Evaluation Was Too Glib?

Agency Wasn’t Enamored with Protester’s Oral Presentation. GAO Says Agency’s Criticisms Were Justified.

Unfortunately Protester’s Most Relevant Past Performance Reference Was Its Worst Past Performance Reference

Government Contracting Is Risky: An Agency Isn’t Obligated to Draft a Goldilocks Solicitation for Each Offeror

COFC Says Typo in a Spreadsheet Shouldn’t Tank a Proposal

GAO Sustains Challenge to Price Evaluation. How Did the Agency Fumble the Realism Analysis?

Protest Limns Murky Line Between Unstated and Implied Criteria

Awardee’s Pricing Was Unbalanced. Why Did the Awardee Still Get the Award?

OHA Reverses Size Determination. Why Didn’t the Challenged Business Qualify as a Manufacturer?

Does Your Protest Arguably Implicate the Solicitation’s Terms? Don’t Wait to File.

Agency Found Awardee’s Proposal Presented High Risk of Unsuccessful Performance. Why Wasn’t the Awardee’s Proposal Unacceptable?

Reminder from OHA: Previous NAICS Designations Are Not Precedential

Solicitation Sought Past Performance from “Offeror’s Team.” Why Didn’t “Team” Refer to the Offeror’s Subcontractors?

Contractor and Agency Urge Different NAICS Codes for Procurement. OHA Says They’re Both Wrong.

Why Didn’t the Agency Have to Consider FCA Litigation Pending Against the Awardee?

Protester Can’t Complain About Evaluation When It Didn’t Follow Solicitation Requirement

Beware of the Alleged Latent Ambiguity that Turns Out to Be a Protest-Negating Patent Ambiguity

Why Didn’t the Agency Need to Seek Clarifications for an Obvious Clerical Error?

Protesters Score Unlikely Win Challenging Scope of Corrective Action