Contractor Sells Assets While Litigating Protest, Loses Its Interested Party Status; Land Shark Shredding, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-711CSeptember 20, 2021
Awardee’s Proposal Contained Errors, But Those Errors Were Not Material Misrepresentations; PAE Aviation and Technical Services, LLC, GAO B-417704.7, B-417704.8September 20, 2021
Waivers of Minor Informalities, Meaningful Discussions, and a “Dreary Wreck” or a Procurement (August 2021 Bid Protest Roundup)September 20, 2021
President Biden Issues Executive Order Requiring COVID-19 Safeguards for US Government Prime Contractors and SubcontractorsSeptember 20, 2021
Senators Reintroduce Bill to End Shutdowns, Bring Awareness to One Potentially ComingSeptember 20, 2021
ASBCA Finds that Request to Extend Appeal Deadline Qualified as a Notice of Appeal; Appeal of Left Hand Design Corporation, ASBCA No. 62458September 17, 2021
Alleged Improper Discussions Were Really Just Clarifications; Office Depot, LLC, GAO B-419809, B-419809.2September 17, 2021
Agency Didn’t Unduly Delay in Implementing Corrective Action; Ajanta Consulting, LLC – Costs, GAO B-419123.6September 17, 2021
Sure, the Agency Messed Up – But Did it Change the Result? The Perennial Protest Pitfall, Prejudice.September 17, 2021
GAO Sustains Pre-award Protest: Air Force Cannot Require Joint Ventures to Obtain Facility Clearances If All Members Have ClearancesSeptember 17, 2021
Hazards of Self-Certification and Other Lessons Learned from Federal Government’s Pandemic ResponseSeptember 17, 2021
Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Drops Lawsuit Protesting Postal Service Fleet ContractSeptember 17, 2021
“But Grandma, What Similar Operative Facts You Have!”: Contractor Tries to Dress-Up Previously Denied as a New Claim, But ASBCA Finds It’s a Transparent Disguise; Appeals of Penna Group, LLC, ASBCA Nos. 61640 et al.September 16, 2021
Agency Argues Tradeoff Was Result of “Extensively Exercised Independent Judgment,” But GAO Rejects that Argument Like It’s Kid Rock’s Application for a McArthur Foundation Genius Grant; Alpha Omega Integration, LLC, GAO B-419812, B-419812.2September 16, 2021