“Hey Look Ma, I’m a Supervisor!”: GAO Finds that Oversight of Personnel Is Unnecessary to Satisfy “Supervisory Experience” Requirement—Supervision of Equipment and Activities Is Sufficient; Rig Masters, Inc., GAO B-417374.5, B-417374.6February 10, 2020
Electric Utility Contractor Unable to Recover Upgrade Costs From the Government that Were Not Connected to the Utility Contract; Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a/ Dominion Energy Virginia v. United States, COFC No. 17-464CFebruary 10, 2020
GAO Reverses Itself Because It Applied the Wrong Legal Standard In a Costs Decision; Voith Hydro, Inc.—Costs—Reconsideration, GAO B-416243.5February 10, 2020
GAO Finds that Argument Alleging Unequal Access OCI Is the Legal Equivalent of Angel Food Cake—Superficially Enticing But Ultimately Airy and Unfulfilling; Absolute Business Solutions, Inc., GAO B-418184February 7, 2020
I’m Still Standing: Protester With Technically Unacceptable Proposal Still An Interested Party to Challenge Price Reasonableness Evaluation; Root9B, LLC, GAO B-417801, B-417801.2February 7, 2020
Protester That Filed Two Protests, Which Prompted Two Corrective Actions, Not Entitled to Reimbursement of Protest Costs; Columbia Ancillary Services, Inc., GAO B-416800.4February 7, 2020
GAO Finds Meritorious Protest Grounds Intertwined With Non-Meritorious Grounds Entitling Protester to All Its Protest Costs; WorldWide Language Resources, Inc. – Costs, GAO B-417015.6February 7, 2020
Protester Fails to Timely Challenge Terms of “Borderline Nonsensical,” “Rorschach Test” Solicitation But Still Prevails Because Agency Ignored Solicitation’s Evaluation Process; HVF West, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-1308CFebruary 6, 2020
GAO Unimpressed by Protester’s “You-Can’t-Improve-On-Perfection” Argument; Aderas, Inc., GAO B-418151February 6, 2020
Agency Reasonably Rejected Proposal Due to Risk of Overworked Personnel; ITI Solutions, Inc., GAO B-418132February 6, 2020
Third Place Offeror Not an Interested Party, Can’t Maintain Protest; Panum Telecom, LLC, GAO B-418202February 6, 2020
Contractor Joined in Patent Infringement Suit Against Government Awarded Attorneys’ Fees for Defending Baseless Infringement Claim; Giesecke & Devrient GbmH v. United States, COFC 17-1812CFebruary 5, 2020
Remembrance of Things Past: Evaluators Not Required to Consider Subcontractor’s Past Performance on a Contract Just Because Agency Had Staff that Remembered the Performance; Yulista Tactical Services LLC, GAO B-417317.3 et al.February 5, 2020
There Must Be Some Misunderstanding: Protest Premised on Little More than Disagreement with Agency’s Evaluation Fizzles; Protest of Zolon Tech, Inc., FAA No. 19-ODRA-00854February 5, 2020
Incumbent Proposes Exact Opposite of What Agency Asked For, Loses Contract, Loses Protest; Altair Equipment Company, Inc, GAO B-418303February 5, 2020
Offeror’s Failure to Discuss Solicitation Requirements in the Proper Portion of Its Proposal Results in Deficiency; Management Systems International, Inc. and Blumont Engineering Solutions, Inc., GAO B-418080 et al.February 4, 2020
Approach that Goes Beyond Solicitation Requirement Ends Up Convincing Agency that Offeror Does Not Understand the Requirement; XL Associates, Inc. d/b/a/ XLA, GAO B-417426.3February 4, 2020
Departure of Awardee’s Key Person Not a Problem When Solicitation Does not Require Resumes or Commitment Letters from Key Personnel; CDO Technologies, Inc & Abacus Technology Corporation, GAO B-418111 et al.February 4, 2020
Attorney, Whose Relatives Work for Protester, Denied Access to Materials Covered by Protective Order; Protest of PHT Aerospace LLC, FAA No. 19-ODRA-00861February 4, 2020
COFC Rejects Protester’s Peculiar Interpretation of the Rule of Two, Holds that Even If Rule is Satisfied, Agency is Not Required to Make Award to Veteran-Owned Business Regardless of Price; Veteran Shredding, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-945CFebruary 3, 2020
