The Agency Asked Some Questions after Oral Presentations. Did These Questions Qualify as Discussions?November 10, 2022
Should an Agency Consider Market Share in Determining Whether a Product is Commercially Available?November 9, 2022
Does a Subcontractor Past Performance Report Carry the Same Weight as a Contractor Performance Assessment?November 9, 2022
How Did this Protest Turn into a Squabble Over the Difference Between Literal and Figurative Language?November 7, 2022
Why Did GAO Think this Solicitation Did Not Adhere to Customary Commercial Practices?November 4, 2022
GAO Will Consider a Late Protest If It Raises a “Significant Issue,” But What Qualifies as a Significant Issue?November 2, 2022
Protester Alleged that Problems with Its Proposed Schedule Were Trivial. Why Didn’t GAO Agree?November 2, 2022
A Spanish Inquisition: Did the Agency Misapply Spanish Law in Awarding this Contract?November 1, 2022
Evaluation Used Terminology Describing Significant Weakness, But Agency Swore It Only Intended to Assess a Weakness. Did GAO Buy the Agency’s Explanation?November 1, 2022
Agency Assessed Weakness for Not Proposing Enough FTEs. Did this Determination Amount to a Price Realism Evaluation?October 31, 2022
Meditations on the Dismal Science: Does a Degree in Economics Count as a Business Degree?October 28, 2022
Awardee’s Subcontractor Hired Several Former Agency Employees. Why Didn’t this Give Rise to an OCI?October 27, 2022
Protester Essentially Argued Agency Failed to Discern Nuances in Its Proposal. Why Wasn’t GAO Convinced?October 26, 2022
Why Did GAO Think the Agency’s Evaluation of Professional Compensation Was Essentially a Train Wreck?October 25, 2022
Should the CO Have Spent More than One Day Analyzing Capability Statements Before Making a Set-Aside Decision?October 20, 2022