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Awardee Didn’t Submit Any Relevant CPARS. How Could the Agency Still Have Confidence in Its Past Performance?

If You Hire the “Godfather” of the Predecessor Contract to Help Draft Your Proposal, You Might Have an OCI

Awardee’s Labor Rates May Have Been Realistic, But Why Were They Still Too Low?

GAO Said It Was Likely to Sustain Protest. So Why Was the Protest Not Clearly Meritorious?

If Solicitation Says Attached Cost Template “Must Be Used,” Don’t Submit Your Own Spreadsheet “In Lieu” of the Template

Does a Company Violate the PIA If It Acquires a Firm that Received Proposal Information?

Protesters Said Agency Didn’t Follow Its Own Guidelines. Why Wasn’t this a Valid Basis of Protest?

When Does a Solicitation Amendment Require Proposal Revisions?

Reevaluation Differed from Initial Evaluation, Why Was GAO Unconcerned?

Agency Said Its Familiarity with Awardee Filled Gaps in Past Performance Evaluation. Why Didn’t GAO Accept this Rationale?

When Does GAO Have Good Cause to Consider a Late Protest?

Decision to Cancel Solicitation May Have Been Pretextual, But that Doesn’t Mean It Was Improper

Protest Implicated a Task Order. Why Wasn’t the Protest Precluded by the FASA Bar?

It May Look Like Skullduggery, But There’s Nothing Wrong With an Awardee Contacting Incumbent Employees

Parties Agreed Claim Had Merit and Jointly Requested Order on Liability. Why Did ASBCA Find It Lacked Jurisdiction?

Awardee’s Price Exceeded Government Estimate and Offeror Average. Why Was It Still Reasonable?

If You’re Going to Challenge a Task Order, You Probably Need to Hold the Underlying Contract

Agency Found No Actual Conflict of Interest, But Did It Have a Duty to Separately Investigate an Apparent Conflict?

What’s the Difference Between Pretextual Agency Action and Bad Faith?

Solicitation Required Experience of Similar Size, Scope and Complexity. How Similar Must that Experience Be?