Agency Not Required to Verify Claims Made in Awardee’s Proposal; Metson Marine Services, Inc., GAO B-4129114.2, B0-419114.3February 17, 2021
Federal Circuit Rejects Claim that Would Have Made CLIN Inexplicable; P.K. Management Group, Inc. v. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Fed. Cir. 2020-1260February 16, 2021
Protester Can’t Recover Costs for Initial Protest Arguments that Were Contradicted by Its Meritorious Supplemental Protest Arguments; NARCORPS Specialties, LLC—Costs, GAO B-418971.4February 16, 2021
GAO Refuses to Consider (or to Reconsider) Argument Raised by Offeror Who Had Not Actually Filed a Protest; RCG of North Carolina, LLC—Reconsideration, GAO B-418824.4February 16, 2021
Federal Circuit Clarifies that If Protester Does Not Seek Enhanced Debriefing, then Five-Day Deadline for Invoking CICA Stay Applies; Nika Technologies, Inc. v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2020-1924February 12, 2021
The Unbearable Lightness of Disagreeing: COFC Rejects Arguments that Mostly Amount to Disagreement with Agency’s Evaluation Conclusions; Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC and Snap, Inc. v. United States, COFC Nos. 20-1300 and 20-1318February 12, 2021
What Are We Fighting For? ASBCA Boots Appeal Seeking Declaratory Relief Because the Challenged Agency Decision Did Not Impact the Contractor; Appeal of Lockheed Martin Corporation, ASBCA No. 62377February 12, 2021
Protester Argues Solicitation Criteria are Flabby and Permit Consideration of Inexperienced Offerors—GAO Finds Argument Is Really Just an Attempt to Eliminate Competition; Accenture Federal Services, LLC, GAO B-418321.4February 11, 2021
Failing to Inform Agency of Unavailability of Non-key Personnel Not a Material Misrepresentation; Perspecta Enterprise Solutions, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 814February 11, 2021
Agency Within Its Rights to Reject Proposal that Did Not Provide Evidence of Adequate Accounting System; NCI Information Systems, Inc., GAO B-419322, B-419322.2February 11, 2021
No Problem with Agency Exercising Option Instead of Awarding New Contract; M&C Venture Group, LLC, GAO B-419270February 11, 2021
Although Documents Were In Agency’s Contract File, They Were Not Incorporated Into Contract; CSI Aviation, Inc. v. Department of Homeland Security, CBCA 6292 et al.February 10, 2021
Self-Prepared, Unverified Spreadsheet Insufficient to Support Claim for Termination Costs; Bannum, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 190-506CFebruary 10, 2021
Contractor Didn’t File a Claim But ASBCA Still Had Jurisdiction Over Appeal Challenging Termination for Cause; Appeal of Skyquest Aviation, LLC, ASBCA No. 62586February 10, 2021
Protester Can’t Convince GAO that Matter of Responsibility Is One of Responsiveness; Butt Construction Company, Inc., GAO B-4190156.2February 10, 2021
Court Finds that Agency Capriciously Cancelled Solicitation; PGLS, LLC d/b/a Piedmont Global Language Solutions v. United States, COFC No. 20-1023, 20-1068February 9, 2021
CBCA Finds Agency Breached Software Licenses But Limits Contractor’s Damages to Licenses’ Fair Market Value; Immix Technology, Inc. v. Department of the Interior, CBCA 5866February 9, 2021
Government Not Required to Indemnify Contractor for Costs Incurred Litigating Third Party Radiation Exposure Suits; The Boeing Company v. Department of Energy, CBCA 6359February 9, 2021
Incumbent’s Program Manager and Evaluator Were Facebook “Friends” But Relationship Did Not Create Conflict of Interest; D&G Support Services, LLC, GAO B-419245, B-419245.3February 8, 2021
Encountering Frozen Ground in Alaska Is Not a Differing Site Condition; Ahtna Construction & Primary Products Company, LLC. v. Department of Agriculture, CBCA 6892February 8, 2021
