Protester Can’t Convince GAO that Agency Erred in Rejecting Low-Rated, High-Priced Proposal; SOC, LLC, GAO B-419977, B-419977.2January 12, 2022
Agency Appropriately Exercised Option in 8(a) Contract Even Though Contractor Had Graduated from 8(a) Program; Monbo Group International, GAO B-420217, B-420217.2January 12, 2022
Simply Saying that an Offeror Is a Better “Return on Investment” Does Not Amount to Application of Unstated Criteria; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., GAO B-420098 et al.January 11, 2022
Best Value Tradeoff Is Unnecessary When One Offeror Has the Highest-Rated, Lowest-Priced Proposal, RiverTech, LLC, GAO B-420246January 11, 2022
Awardee’s Work on Other Contracts Didn’t Result in Impaired Objectivity OCI; American Systems Corporation, GAO B-420132 et al.January 11, 2022
Agency Reasonably Considered a Single Element of Quotation a Weakness Under Two Different Evaluation Factors; Fors Marsh Group, LLC, GAO B-420153January 10, 2022
Protester Can’t Complain When It Failed to Address Concerns Raised During Discussions; ACI Technologies, Inc., GAO B-420129January 7, 2022
Agency Entitled to Consider Contract References the Protester Didn’t Submit; Amentum Services, Inc., GAO B-419998, B-419998.2January 6, 2022
COFC Denies Request for Injunction, Finds Protester Is Unlikely to Succeed on Merits; A.T. Kearney Public Sector and Defense Services, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 21-2121January 6, 2022
Federal Circuit Affirms that Evaluation Error Does Not Give Rise to Presumption of Prejudice; System Studies & Simulation, Inc., L3 Doss Aviation, Inc. v. United States, CAE USA Inc., Fed. Cir. 2021-1469January 5, 2022
GAO Dismisses Untimely Protest Filed by Uninterested Party; Allosense, Inc., GAO B-420201January 5, 2022
Federal Circuit Holds COFC Erred in Entering Judgment on Claim that Was Never Presented to Contracting Officer; Tolliver Group, Inc. v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2020-234January 4, 2022
Supervision and Training of Armed Guards Does Not Count as “Armed Security Experience”; Vedetta 2 Mondialpol S.p.A, GAO B-420161January 4, 2022
GAO Finds Request for Reconsideration Was a Rehash of Arguments Raised in Underlying Protest; Synergy Business Innovation & Solutions, Inc.–Reconsideration, GAO B-419812.3January 4, 2022
Protester Claimed It Was Objecting to the Scope of Task Order, But Protest Was Really a Premature Challenge to the Agency’s Acquisition Strategy; Oracle America, Inc., GAO B-420136 et al.January 3, 2022
Agency Failed to Properly Justify Solicitation’s Brand-Name Restriction; Westwind Computer Products, Inc., GAO B-420119December 17, 2021
Contractor Thought It Was Entitled to Payment for Time Spent On-Site, But CBCA Found tht Payment Was Only Due for Actual Time Spent Working; GCC Technologies, LLC v. Department of Education, CBCA 7129December 17, 2021
GAO Finds Agency Mishandled Discussions and Bungled Price Evaluation; Science Applications International Corporation, GAO B-420005 et al.December 16, 2021
Allegation that Agency Failed to Qualitatively Evaluate Proposals Falls Flat; Analytical Planning Programming Policy & Strategic Integration, LLC, GAO B-420140, B-420140.3December 16, 2021
Federal Circuit Holds that COFC Erred in Extending Blue & Gold Waiver Rule; Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC v. United States, Dev Technology Group, Inc.December 15, 2021