Government Not Liable for Damages Caused By Civil Unrest and Rioting; Ieyada M. Ahrir v. Department of State, CBCA 6644February 2, 2022
Agency Didn’t Issue Final Decision on Liquidated Damages, So Board Lacked Jurisdiction over Parties’ Cross-Claims for Liquidated Damages; Appeal of ECC International Constructors, LLC, ASBCA No. 59586February 2, 2022
Communications with Agency Constituted an Agency Protest, Which Set the 10-Day Clock Running for a GAO Protest; Science and Technology Corporation, GAO, B-420216February 1, 2022
CBCA Denies Appeal, Finds Contractor’s Costs Were Result of Sloppy Performance and “Aggressive Behavior Towards Government Employees”; Griz One Firefighting, LLC v. Department of Agriculture, CBCA 6358, 6567February 1, 2022
GAO Interrogates the Nebulous Gray Area Between an Evaluation and a Non-Responsibility Determination; A. Prentice Ray & Associates, LLC, GAO B-419024.5, B-419024.6February 1, 2022
Protester Should’ve Been Keeping an Eye on SAM.gov, Not Social Media; Kolb Grading, LLC, GAO B-420310.2January 31, 2022
Protester Attempts to “Re-Litigate” Arguments From Prior, Successful Protest But Can’t Recapture the Magic; PAE National Security Solutions, LLC, GAO B-419207.6January 31, 2022
GAO Reaffirms that Price Realism Evaluation Is Not a Non-Responsibility Determination; Monbo Group International, GAO B-420269, B-420269.2January 31, 2022
Offeror Doesn’t Need to Neutralize an OCI Before the Agency Can Waive It; Steel Point Solutions, LLC, GAO B-419709.3January 28, 2022
“Sometimes When We Touch, the Honesty’s Too Much”: Awardee’s Over-Elucidation of it Approach Tips Clarification into Unequal Discussions, But Protester Wasn’t Prejudiced; ENGlobal Government Services, Inc., GAO B-419612.3January 28, 2022
Past Performance References Lacked the Specific Work Called for in the Solicitation, Agency Appropriately Found Them Only Somewhat Relevant; Nexsys Electronics Inc. d/b/a Medweb GAO B-419616.4January 28, 2022
Agency Didn’t Sufficiently Consider Impact of Corporate Transaction; Vertex Aerospace, LLC, GAO B-410073, B-420073.2January 27, 2022
Protester Demanded a More Stringent Evaluation of the Awardee than the Solicitation Required; CBF Partners JV, LLC, GAO B-419846.2 et al.January 27, 2022
Agency Didn’t Err in Finding Proposal Technically Unacceptable; Information Assurance Specialists, Inc. d/b/a Sub U Systems, GAO B-420243, B-420243.2January 26, 2022
Objections to Evaluation Were Just Disagreement With Agency’s Conclusions; EMCOR Government Services, Inc., GAO B-419699.4January 26, 2022
Agency Properly Rejected Late, Non-Compliant Proposal; Starblast Corporation, GAO B-419948January 25, 2022
Agency Didn’t Force Protester to Raise Its Prices; The Ginn Group, Inc., GAO B-420165, B-420165.2January 25, 2022
Case Filed as Bid Protest Should’ve Been Brought as Claim Under Contract Disputes Act; Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 21-2001CJanuary 24, 2022
Agency Not Required to Equalize Competition to Accommodate Protester’s Business Decision; Shamrock Marine Towing & Salvage, GAO B-419940.3, B-419940.4January 24, 2022
