GAO Recommends Costs for All Protester’s Arguments, Finds They Were Intertwined with Clearly Meritorious Argument; Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd—Costs, GAO B-419730.5October 20, 2021
Agency Erred in Assessing Strength for Feature Awardee Didn’t Propose; MetroStar Systems, Inc., GAO B-419890, B-419890-.2October 19, 2021
Solicitation’s Submission Instructions Were Confusing, and Protester Failed to Timely Challenge Defect; Continuity Global Solutions-SPP Security Joint Venture, GAO B-419997October 19, 2021
Contractor Tries But Fails to Convince Court that They’re an Agency Employee; David Diaz v. United States, COFC No. 20-1808COctober 19, 2021
Despite Protester’s Contentions, GAO Finds Agency Didn’t Treat Incumbency as a Weakness; INNOVIUM, LLC, GAO B-419912, B-419912.2October 19, 2021
Ground Control to Major Tom, SpaceX’s Lunar Landing Contract’s On; Blue Origin Federation, LLC; Dynetics, Inc.-A Leidos Company, GAO B-419783 et al.October 18, 2021
Failure to Request a Schedule Extension Tanks Claim for Constructive Acceleration; Appeals of Skanska USA Building, Inc., ASBCA No. 62430October 18, 2021
CBCA Not Persuaded by Contractor’s Threadbare Excuses for Non-Performance; Carmazzi Global Solutions, Inc. v. Social Security Administration, CBCA 6265 et al.October 15, 2021
Disclosure of Unredacted Protest to Awardee’s Staff Not that Big of a Deal; Midnight Sun-Centennial Kirratchiaq JV, LLC, GAO B-419934 et al.October 15, 2021
“Admit that Mistakes Were Made”: Government Not Required to Respond to Vague, Passively-Phrased Requests for Admission; Appeals of J.R. Filanc Construction Company, Inc., ASBCA Nos. 62580 et al.October 14, 2021
ASBCA Rejects Change Claim Based on Non-Existent Distinction Between Conduits and Ducts; Appeal of Munck Asfalt A/S, ASBCA No. 61497October 14, 2021
COFC Finds Awardee Waited Too Long to Intervene in Protest; SAGAM Securite Senegal v. United States, COFC No. 21-1138COctober 14, 2021
Class Deviation—Threshold for Obtaining Certified Cost or Pricing Data for Subcontracts and Price AdjustmentsOctober 14, 2021
Requiring Offerors to Disclose Identity of Customers Is Not Unduly Restrictive; Tata American International Corporation, GAO B-419956.8October 13, 2021
Gone But Not Forgotten: ASBCA Affirms that Laches Is No Longer an Affirmative Defense to Claims; Appeals of BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., ASBCA Nos. 62703, 62704October 13, 2021
GAO Can’t Hear Protest When Procuring Entity Is Not a Federal Agency; Qwest Government Services, Inc. d/b/a CenturyLink QGS, GAO B-420095October 13, 2021
The Thrill Is Gone: Jilted Incumbent Can’t Convince Agency (or GAO) that Company’s Still Got It Going On; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., GAO B-419860, B-419860.2October 12, 2021
Bringing Home the Davis-Bacon: Contractor Can’t Recover for Increased Wage Determination; Appeal of Gulf Pacific Contracting, LLC, ASBCA No. 61434October 12, 2021