I Won’t, and You Can’t Make Me: CBCA Refuses to Compel Government to Participate in ADR; S & DF Properties, LLC v. General Services Administration, CBCA 6809September 4, 2020
COFC Castigates Department of Justice for Ignoring a Court Order and Violating the Duty of Candor to the Tribunal; Housing Authority of the City of Slidell v. United States, COFC No. 19-1583CSeptember 3, 2020
Agency Entitled to Take Corrective Action to Remedy Unequal Discussions; KTS Solutions, Inc., GAO B-418665.2September 3, 2020
Not Inconsistent for Agency to Find Protester Experienced in All Tasks While Simultaneously Assigning Protester a Deficiency for Not Addressing Critical Aspects of a Task; Information Management Resources, Inc., GAO B-418848September 3, 2020
Agency Unable to Prove that Contractor’s Representative Was Not Real Party in Interest; CBCA 6417, U.S. Army Tactical Supply v. Department of StateSeptember 3, 2020
“Contract Language Matters”: Federal Circuit Reverses COFC, Rejects Government’s Attempt to Rewrite Contract, Holds Agency Effected a Constructive Change; Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2019-2125September 2, 2020
Agency Properly Amended Solicitation as Part of Corrective Action; The Severson Group, LLC, GAO B-418673.2 et al.September 2, 2020
Agency Within Its Rights to Reject Proposal that Failed to Satisfy Experience Requirement; CJW Construction, Inc., GAO B-418774, B-418774.September 2, 2020
Failure to Respond to Agency’s Summary Judgment Motion Dooms Contractor’s Appeal; Carmazzi Global Solutions, Inc. v. Social Security Administration, CBCA 6264, 6279, 6284September 2, 2020
Partnership Between Awardee and Company Advising Agency on Evaluation Not an Impermissible Conflict of Interest; Solers Inc., a Peraton Company, GAO B-418500.2 et al.September 1, 2020
Ambiguity In Modification Precludes Summary Judgment on Contractor’s Accord and Satisfaction Defense; Transworld Systems, Inc. v. Department of Education, CBCA 6049September 1, 2020
GAO Finds Agency Unreasonably Restricted Scope of Corrective Action; Peraton, Inc., GAO B-416916.8 et al.August 31, 2020
Succession Plan Improperly Conditioned Veteran’s Ownership of Company, Negating Business’s SDVOSB Status; In the Matter of ALOG Corporation, SBA No. VET-285August 31, 2020
Agency Appropriately Excluded Protester from Competition for Violating Prohibition on Accessing Agency’s Website: InterImage, Inc., GAO B-418733, B-418733.2August 28, 2020
$5 Million “Start-Up” Loan from Subcontractor to Small Business Indicative of Unusual Reliance on Subcontractor; Warrior Service Company, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 20-311August 28, 2020
Agency Within Its Rights to Cancel RFQ that Overstated Its Needs; Chase Defense Partners, GAO B-418803August 28, 2020
COFC Allows Subcontractor to Intervene in Protest; Mitchco International, Inc. v. United States, COFC No 20-879CAugust 27, 2020
Protester Unable to Poke Holes in Agency’s Past Performance Evaluation; Noble Supply & Logistics, Inc., GAO B-417494.3August 27, 2020
Agency’s Use of GSA e-Buy Portal Did Not Transform Portal Into Agency’s Website for Purposes of Posting Sole-Source Justification; Prudential Protective Services, LLC, GAO B-418869August 27, 2020
Agency Properly Rejected Quote for Virtual Training Course that Made No Reference to Virtual Training and Did Not Even Contain the Word “Virtual”; The i4Group Consulting, LLC, GAO B-418842August 26, 2020