GAO Reaffirms that Agency’s Decision to Not Exercise Options is Not a Procurement; VanderHouwen & Associates, GAO B-419706May 26, 2021
GAO Finds that Continuity Errors Are Not Just a Problem for B Movies; Soft Tech Consulting, Inc., GAO B-419488 et al.May 25, 2021
Protester’s Failure to Notify Navy of Subcontractor’s Corporate Transaction Deep-Sixes Proposal; Morgan Business Consulting, LLC, GAO B-418165.6, B-418165.9May 25, 2021
Agency Did Not Err in Finding Protester’s Experience as Incumbent “Quaffable But Not Transcendent”; A-P-T Research, Inc., GAO B-419459May 25, 2021
CVE Appellant Sought Absolution for Failing to Submit Documents on Time, But OHA Could Not Forgive Appellant’s Failure to Identify an Error in the Status Determination; In the Matter of Optimum Low Voltage, LLC, SBA No. CVE-187May 25, 2021
Agency Held Unequal Exchanges By Only Allowing the Awardee to Revise Its Proposal; AECOM Management Services, Inc., GAO B-418828.4 et al.May 24, 2021
GAO Rejects Challenge to Conduct of Discussions as Futile—Even If Protester Had Been Able to Address Shortcomings in Proposal, Its Standing Would Not Have Improved; GAO B-419271.4, Qwest Government Services, Inc. d/b/a CenturyLink QGSMay 24, 2021
Corrective Action Did Not Address Merits of Every Argument Raised in Protest, But that Didn’t Mean the Agency Failed to Take Meaningful Corrective Action; ORBIS Sibro, Inc., GAO B-418165.7 et al.May 24, 2021
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Government Liable for Intransigently Continuing to Use Contractor-Provided Software After Contract Expired; Force 3, LLC v. Department of Health and Human Services, CBCA 6654May 21, 2021
Protester Alleged that Awardee Proposed Wrong Color Scheme, But GAO Found Scheme Did not Offend Solicitation; Shuttlewagon Inc., GAO B-419518 et al.May 21, 2021
Applicant to 8(a) Program Unable to Prove that Discriminatory Conduct Had Impact on Its Business; In the Matter of American Power, LLC, SBA No. BDPE-590May 21, 2021
GAO Confronts Enduring, Vexatious Question that Has Confounded Our Best Minds for Generations: Is Greenland In Europe or North America?; Vectrus Systems Corporation, GAO B- 419143, B-419143.2May 20, 2021
Protester Alleges that Anything Less than the Highest Past Performance Rating Simply Won’t Do, But GAO Leaves Company Languishing on the Fainting Couch; Zolon PCS, LLC, GAO B-418626.8May 20, 2021
Contractor Thought It Was Negotiating With Agency, But CBCA Finds It Was Haggling with the Void; S & DF Properties, LLC v. General Services Administration, CBCA 6809May 20, 2021
“There is Filth on the Floor and It Must Be Scraped Up with the Muck Rake”: Agency Not Required Hunt Down and Investigate Negative News Articles Concerning Offerors; Cotton & Company, LLP, GAO B-418380.4May 19, 2021
Court Awards Contractor Attorneys’ Fees as Sanction for Government’s Spoliation of Evidence But Denies Costs Expert Fees Due to Lack of Billing Support; 4DD Holdings, LLC and T4 Data Group, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 15-945CMay 19, 2021
ASBCA Denies Claims Not Causally Related to Alleged Breach; Appeals of John Shaw LLC d/b/a Shaw Building Maintenance, ASBCA Nos. 61379, 61585May 19, 2021
“What’s the Frequency Kenneth?” Solicitation for Radio Test Equipment Did Not Create De Facto Sole-Source Acquisition; Tel-Instrument Electronics Corporation, GAO B-419529, B-419529.2May 18, 2021