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Solicitation Requirements May Be Onerous But that Doesn’t Mean They’re Impossible to Satisfy

USPS Wanted Reprocurement Costs for Terminated Contract. Why Did the Postal Board Deny USPS’s Claim?

Protester Lamented Its Proposal Was Tanked by a Clerical Error. Why Did the Protester’s Complaints Fail to Stir GAO?

Mail Carrier Said Postal Service Improperly Docked Pay. Why Did the Postal Service Board Agree?

Did this Protester File an Agency Protest or Was It Just Asking Questions?

If an Offeror Gets Credit for Proposing Something Not Required by the Solicitation, Has the Agency Applied Unstated Criteria?

When Does an Agency Need to Reconcile Inconsistencies Between Initial and Subsequent Evaluations?

Solicitation Required Specific Certification. Protester Said Its Proposed Certification Exceeded the Required Certification. Why Was the Protester’s Proposal Unacceptable?

Protester Claimed Agency Couldn’t Consider Subcontracting Experience of JV Members. Why Did GAO Say this Would Lead to an Absurd Result?

Protester Claimed Awardee Didn’t Meet a Solicitation Requirement. Agency Said Alleged Requirement Wasn’t a Real Requirement. Why Did GAO Side with the Protester?

How Did Sloppy Corporate Documents Doom this Firm’s SDVOSB Application?

What’s the Difference Between Statutory and Article III Standing? Why Did the Federal Circuit Think the COFC Misunderstood this Distinction?

The Solicitation Didn’t Say the Agency Would Assess Risk. Did the Agency Err in Considering Risk?

The Claim Asserted a Range of Damages. Can a Claimant Use Discovery to Finalize a “Sum Certain”?

Solicitation Didn’t Disclose Metric Agency Used to Assess Labor Rates. Why Did GAO Conclude this Wasn’t a Big Deal?

Agency Lost Tradeoff Decision in the Digital Ether. Why Didn’t this Undermine the Award?

Remember that “Show Don’t Tell” Rule from High School English? It Also Applies to Proposal Writing.

When Describing Corporate Experience, Be Sure to Include the Dates You Obtained that Experience?

Agency Said Its Failure to Conduct Meaningful Discussions During Initial Evaluation was Negated by “De Novo” Reevaluation. Why Did GAO Toss that Argument?

Awardee Hired Agency Official Who Helped Plan Acquisition. Why Didn’t the Awardee Have an Unfair Advantage?