ICE ICE Baby: Protester Alleges “If There Was a Problem Yo I’ll Solve It” But ICE’s Misleading Discussions Had Me “Checking Out the Hook While the DJ Revolved It”—GAO Finds Protester Failed to “Stop, Collaborate, and Listen”; CoreCivic, Inc., GAO B-418620, B-418620.2August 6, 2020
“It’s Not that I Don’t Want to Talk to You—I Don’t Want to Talk to Anyone”: Agency Reasonably Decided to Not Hold Discussions; Omni2H, LLC, GAO B-418655August 6, 2020
Past Contract’s Higher Dollar Value Doesn’t Make It a More Relevant Reference; Goldschmitt and Associates, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 20-469CAugust 6, 2020
Issues of Material Fact Sink Contractor’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Claim for Subcontractor Costs; Mission Support Alliance, LLC v. Department of Energy, CBCA 6477August 6, 2020
GAO Denies Challenge to Solicitation Terms: Use of “Tactical” Was Imprecise, but AllowableAugust 6, 2020
Dear Magic 8-Ball—Should I Protest? Critical Protest Implications Following the Federal Circuit’s Expansion of Blue & Gold’s Waiver Rule in InsersoAugust 6, 2020
IRS Floats Experimental Contract Vehicle to Help Administration Meet Procurement CAP GoalsAugust 6, 2020
COFC Finds that Scope of Corrective Action Not Limited to Redressing Error Identified in Protest—Agency May Also Use Corrective Action to Improve Procurement Process; ANHAM FZCO v. United States, COFC 19-1891CAugust 5, 2020
Failure to Include Required Key Personnel Information in the Key Personnel Section of Proposal Consigns Bid to the Reject Pile; Dawson Solutions, LLC, GAO B-418587, B-418567.2August 5, 2020
OHA Denies VA Status Protest, Finds that Small Business Is Not Unusually Reliant on Its Subcontractor; CVE Protest of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Re: RC Consolidated Services, Inc, SBA No. CVE-154-PAugust 5, 2020
Failure to Meet Academic Accreditation Guidelines Not Automatically Material to Government’s Grant Funding; United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Civ. No. 16-1817 (RMB/KMW), U.S. ex rel. Sharon Lampkin v. Pioneer Education LLC, et al.August 5, 2020