“But Lo! I Am a Master Thespian!”: Contractor Unable to Recover Wages Paid to Actors; Appeal of Parsons Government Services, Inc., ASBCA No. 61630August 13, 2020
Protester’s Size, for Purposes of Statutory Cap on Attorneys’ Fees, Is Determined at the Time Protest Is Filed; Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC –Costs, GAO B-417475.7August 13, 2020
Agency Alleges Appeal Asserts a New Claim, But ASBCA Finds Appeal is Based on Same Operative Facts as Initial Hijacking Claim; Appeal of Alfajer, Ltd., ASBCA No. 62125August 13, 2020
Contractor’s Attempt to Prove Excusable Delay About as Futile as Taco Bell Attempting to Obtain a Michelin Star; Appeals of Ken Laster Company, ASBCA 61292, 61828August 12, 2020
Agency Not Required to Deduce Relevancy of Past Performance Reference From General Statements in Proposal; Patriot Defense Group, LLC, GAO B-418720.3August 12, 2020
Solicitation Seeking Task Order for Cloud-Based Platform with AI Capabilities Within Scope of Systems, Engineering, Technology, and Innovation (SETI) IDIQ Contract; C3, ai, Inc., GAO B-418676August 12, 2020
Cancellation of Solicitation Not a Ruse to Avoid Litigating a Bid Protest; Qbase, LLC, GAO B-417371.4, B-417371.5August 12, 2020
COFC Effectively Affirms GAO Decision Finding that Offeror’s Participation in Prior Development Contract Did not Create Conflict in Procurement for Production Contract; AAR Manufacturing v. United States, COFC No. 20-459August 11, 2020
COFC Wades Into Massive Case Consolidating Seven Protests, Decides Not to Second-Guess Agency’s Conclusions in Highly-Technical SETI Procurement; Technology Innovation Alliance et al. v. United States, COFC Nos. 19-1115C et al.August 11, 2020
Executive Order on Aligning Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices With the Interests of American WorkersAugust 11, 2020
Protester Improperly (and Implausibly) Interpreted a Solicitation Requirement as a Ceiling So That Any Amount Proposed Below the Requirement Satisfied the Requirement; Sarandrea Associates Group Corporation, GAO B-418728August 10, 2020
GAO Denies Costs for Protest that Was Not Only Not Clearly Meritorious But Had “No Merit At All”; Zeneth Technology Partners, B-418571.6August 10, 2020
Protest Based on Misinterpretation of Solicitation Was Not Clearly Meritorious for Purposes of Cost Reimbursement; Sumaria Systems, Inc. –Costs, GAO B-418440.3August 10, 2020
“I Feel Pretty, Oh So Pretty”: Protester Not Prejudiced By Agency’s Failure to Assess Additional Strengths When Proposal Already Had Highest Possible Rating; MVM, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 20-235CAugust 7, 2020
Trust Me, I’m Good for It: Company, Whose Parent Was Operating at a Loss, Unable to Prove It’s a Responsible Contractor; American Energy Logistics Solutions, LLC, GAO B-417844.3August 7, 2020
GAO Quickly Rids Itself of Bizarre Protest Involving Elaborate Relationship Between Protester and Awardee; Perimeter Solutions, GAO B-418687August 7, 2020
ICE ICE Baby: Protester Alleges “If There Was a Problem Yo I’ll Solve It” But ICE’s Misleading Discussions Had Me “Checking Out the Hook While the DJ Revolved It”—GAO Finds Protester Failed to “Stop, Collaborate, and Listen”; CoreCivic, Inc., GAO B-418620, B-418620.2August 6, 2020
“It’s Not that I Don’t Want to Talk to You—I Don’t Want to Talk to Anyone”: Agency Reasonably Decided to Not Hold Discussions; Omni2H, LLC, GAO B-418655August 6, 2020
Past Contract’s Higher Dollar Value Doesn’t Make It a More Relevant Reference; Goldschmitt and Associates, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 20-469CAugust 6, 2020
Issues of Material Fact Sink Contractor’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Claim for Subcontractor Costs; Mission Support Alliance, LLC v. Department of Energy, CBCA 6477August 6, 2020
