Protester Fails to Assert Intelligible Challenge to Terms of Solicitation; SageCare, Inc., GAO B-418325March 19, 2020
Contrary to Protester’s Contentions, Agency Did Not “Pull Punches” When Evaluating Awardee’s Past Performance; Special Applications Group, GAO B-417698.2, B-417698.3March 18, 2020
Agency’s Lack of “Any Defensible Legal Position” In Response to Protest Warrants Recommendation for Reimbursement of Costs; Spry Methods, Inc.—Costs, GAO B-417800.3March 18, 2020
GAO Unconvinced By Argument that Highest-Possible “Excellent” Rating Failed to Capture Sheer Awesomeness of Protester’s Proposal; Hendall, Inc., GAO B-417512.3, B-417513.4March 18, 2020
Agency’s Idiosyncratic Evaluation of Price Reasonableness Contravened Solicitation; Fluor Intercontinental, Inc. – Advisory Opinion, GAO B-417506.14March 17, 2020
Contractor’s Claim for Extended Home Office Overhead Costs Barred by Final Payment Defense; Appeal of Matcon Diamond, Inc., ASBCA No. 59637March 17, 2020
Third Party Beneficiary of Government Contract Cannot Seek Claim Before CBCA; Rashid El Malik v. Department of Veterans Affairs, CBCA 6600March 16, 2020
Keeping It in the Family: Son’s Plan to Subcontract with Firm Owned by His Dad Tanks Small Business Status; Size Appeal of Cazador Investments LLC, SBA No. SIZ-6048March 16, 2020
Agency’s Equivocation Makes Protest Challenging Corrective Action Premature; Leidos, Inc. , GAO B-418242.5March 16, 2020
Agency Properly Conducted Exchanges With Awardee to Resolve Potential Conflict of Interest; URS Federal Services, Inc., GAO B-417643.3, B-41643.3March 13, 2020
Awardee Deserved High Corporate Experience Rating Even Though Its Experience Was Earned as the Incumbent Protester’s Subcontractor; Netizen Corporation, GAO B-418281 et al.March 13, 2020
Federal Circuit Adopts COFC’s Standard for Evaluating Protests Alleging Disparate Evaluation; Office Design Group v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2019-1337March 12, 2020
Claim that Government Breached a Contract Does Not State A Valid Basis for a Protest; Air Resources Helicopters, Inc., GAO B-418317March 12, 2020
Contractor’s Unequivocal Refusal to Perform Warrants Termination for Cause; Appeal of Molly Jessie Company, ASBCA No. 62140March 12, 2020
Agency Liable for Claim Due to Prodigious Obliviousness and Indifference as to What It Purchased from Contractor; Appeal of Command Languages, Inc. d/b/a CLI Solutions, ASBCA No. 61216March 11, 2020
Agency Reasonably Considered Past Performance References of Individual Joint Venture Partners In Lieu of References from the Joint Venture Itself; 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., GA B-417478.3, B-417478.4March 11, 2020
CBCA Reminds Claimants that Statements Made in a Contracting Officer’s Decision Are Not Binding on the Government; CSI Aviation, Inc. v. Department of Homeland Security and General Services Administration, CCBA 6292, 6386March 11, 2020
Performance Delays Justified Termination for Cause; Appeal of Molly Jessie Company, ASBCA No. 62134March 10, 2020
Close Enough for Government Work? Damages Claim for Increased Costs Cannot Be Based on a Labor Hours Estimate that Assumes 25,000 More Hours than Contractor Actually Worked; United Facility Services Corporation d/b/a Eastco Building Services v. United States, CBCA 5272March 10, 2020
