“It’s Raining, It’s Pouring, There’s Specifications You’re Ignoring”: ASBCA Finds Contract Required Claimant to Replace Gutters; Appeal of H2LI-CSC, JV, ASBCA No. 62086November 19, 2021
Protester’s Price Was Too High For It to Be Prejudiced by Alleged Error In Price Evaluation; Deloitte & Touche LLP, GAO B-420038November 19, 2021
Protest Challenging Potential Procurement Violations Is Not Ripe; Goodwill Industries of South Florida, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 21-1391CNovember 18, 2021
“Evaluation Observation” in Award Decision Was Not an Improper Price Realism Evaluation; Terra Klean Solutions, Inc., GAO B-419838, B-419838.2November 18, 2021
Agency Not Required to Extend Qualification Deadline Just to Maximize Competition; Smiths Detection, Inc., GAO B-420110, B-420111November 17, 2021
ASBCA Not a Fan of Government’s Boilerplate Discovery Objections; Appeal of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, ASBCA No. 62209November 17, 2021
CBCA Quickly Disposes of Government’s Untimely, Undeveloped Motion to Strike; 4K Global-ACC Joint Venture, LLC v. Department of Labor, CBCA 6683 et al.November 17, 2021
DFARS Proposed Rule – Contract Authority for Development and Demonstration of PrototypesNovember 17, 2021
Award Decision Contained Some “Loosey-Goosey, Business-Lite Terms,” But Those Terms Didn’t Amount to Unstated Criteria; Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation, COFC No. 21-1394CNovember 16, 2021
CBCA Can’t Tell Whether Claimed Costs Were Incurred or Even Reimbursable, Denies Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment; International Development Solutions, LLC v. Department of State, CBCA 6400, 6401, 6700November 16, 2021
Perfect is the Enemy of the Good: Protester Didn’t Need “Definitive” Knowledge of Protest Grounds Before Filing; Magnum Multimedia; GAO B-420227November 15, 2021
Protester Lacks Standing When it Fails to Challenge Evaluation of Offeror Next in Line for Award; Manhattan Strategy Group LLC, GAO B-420021November 15, 2021
Consideration of Candidate’s Expired Certification Reasonably Encompassed by Solicitation; Davos Francois, GAO B-419973November 15, 2021
Protesters Complained They Weren’t Given Choice to Participate in Second Phase of Evaluation, But They Hadn’t Even Qualified for Phase One; DBISP, LLC; Federal Merchants Corp., GAO B-419893.8, B-412893.9November 12, 2021
Law Firm Was Proper Representative of Appellants: Appeal of Lessors of Abchakan Village, Logar Province, Afghanistan, ASBCA No. 61787November 12, 2021
FAR Final Rule – Maximum Award Price for Certain Sole Source Manufacturing ContractsNovember 12, 2021
Court Sanctions Government for Mishandling Administrative Record and Wasting Judicial Resources; Oak Grove Technologies, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 21-775CNovember 10, 2021
Haphazard Attempt to Meet Solicitation Requirements Doesn’t Cut It; Axxeum, Inc., GAO B-420013, B-420013.2November 10, 2021