Successful Protester Can’t Recover Costs for Separate, Untimely Protest Argument; Agile-Bot II, LLC—Costs, GAO B-418264.4August 26, 2020
Claimant Not Responsible for Agency’s Mistaken Order; Matter of AARE Logistics, LLC, CBCA 6578-RATEAugust 26, 2020
Despite Language Indicating Agency May Consider Alternative Products, Solicitation Was Really A Brand Name Procurement; W&G Machine Corporation, Inc., GAO B-418698.2, B-418698.3August 25, 2020
Agency’s Mere Suspicion of Fraud Somewhere in the Contract Does Not Deprive ASBCA of Jurisdiction; Appeal of Mountain Movers/Ainsworth-Benning, LLC, ASBCA No. 62164August 25, 2020
COFC Rejects Agency’s Post Hoc Rationale for Corrective Action; Clarke Healthcare Products, Inc., COFC No. 20-413CAugust 25, 2020
GAO Finds Protester Mischaracterized Evaluation Record; U.S. Electrodynamics, Inc., GAO B-418574.2, B-418574.4August 24, 2020
COFC Rejects Contractor’s Attempt to Resuscitate Claim; HCIC Enterprises, LLC d/b/a HCI General Contractors v. United States, COFC No. 18-1943CAugust 21, 2020
Agency Entitled to Cancel Task Order Solicitation When the Term Would Have Exceeded Completion Deadline of Underlying GWAC; CEdge Software Consultants, LLC, GAO B-418128.7August 21, 2020
Federal Circuit Vacates COFC Decision, Remands for Determination of Whether Debt Underlying Government Offset Was Valid; Agility Public Warehouse Company K.S.C.P. v. United States, Fed Cir. 2019-1886, 2019-1887August 20, 2020
Confusion Concerning Updates to GSA’s e-Buy Website Does Not Excuse a Late Quotation; The Winvale Group, LLC, GAO B-418804August 20, 2020
Class Deviation—Section 890 Pilot Program to Accelerate Contracting and Pricing ProcessesAugust 20, 2020
How Could You Want Them When You Could Have Me?: Protester Unable to Prove that Solicitation Was Tailored to a Specific Vendor; Kardex Remstar, LLC, GAO B-418714August 19, 2020
GAO Affirms that “Close-at-Hand” Doctrine Does Not Apply to Technical Evaluation; XTec, Inc., GAO B-418619 et al.August 19, 2020
Government Caused Delay By Demanding Contractor Provide Information Not Required by the Contract; Appeals of RBC Construction Corp., ASBCA Nos. 59404 et al.August 18, 2020
Protester Booted for Not Properly Certifying Its Non-Use of Covered Chinese Telecommunications Equipment and Services; MicroTechnologies, LLC, GAO B-418700August 17, 2020
Ostensible Subcontractor Rule For SDVOSBs Does Not Apply to Procurements for Goods; CVE Protest of Superior Optical Labs, Inc. Re: PDS Consultants, Inc. SBA No. CVE-157-PAugust 17, 2020
Federal Circuit Rejects Air Force’s Claim that Contract for Welfare of Servicemembers Was Not a Procurement Under the CDA Because It Did Not Benefit the Agency; Parsons Evergreene, LLC v. Secretary of the Air Force, Fed. Cir. 2019-1931, 2019-1975August 14, 2020
ASBCA Precludes Contractor from Externalizing the Costs of Its Labor Practices; Appeals of Kellogg Brown & Root Services ASBCA Nos. 59385, 59744August 14, 2020
Agency Not Required to Infer that Proposed Key Person Possesses Experience Not Listed in the Proposal; VSolvit, LLC, GAO B-418265.2, B-418265.3August 14, 2020