“There Ain’t No Good Guy, There Ain’t No Bad Guy. There’s Only You and Me and We Just Disagree”: Disagreement With Agency About Weight of Evaluation Concerns and Flaws in Proposal Cannot Sustain Protest; Undercover Training, LLC, GAO B-418170January 17, 2020
Cherry-Picked, Decontextualized Portions of Awardee’s Proposal Were Not Material Exceptions to the Solicitation; Verizon Business Network Services, Inc., GAO B-418073 et al.January 17, 2020
DFARS Amended to Prohibit Procurement of Telecommunications Equipment from Chinese CompaniesJanuary 17, 2020
Agency Cannot Establish a Blanket Purchase Agreement Under Multiple Federal Supply Schedule Contracts; NCS Technologies, Inc., GAO B-417956, B-417956.2January 16, 2020
Flawed Best Value Analysis—Which Created “False Impression of Equivalence” Among Proposals—Turned Acquisition Into Lowest-Priced Technically-Acceptable Procurement; System Studies & Simulation, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-1518CJanuary 16, 2020
Even If Alternative Evaluation Methodologies Would Have Improved Agency’s Price Analysis, the Method the Agency Used was Not Unreasonable; NTT DATA Services Federal Government, Inc., GAO B-417235.2, B-417235.3January 16, 2020
Just Because Solicitation Seeks Some Engineering Work Does Not Mean it Must Be Designated Under an NAICS Code for Engineering Services; NAICS Appeal of Paradigm Engineers and Constructors, PLLC, SBA No. NAICS-6040January 16, 2020
Generalia Specialibus Non Derogant: GAO Confirms that in Government Contracts, the General Does not Detract from the Specific; Strategic Management Solutions, LLC, GAO B-416598.3, B-416598.4January 15, 2020
“We Hire Only the Best People, Even Those We’ve Never Met”: Awardee Proposes Personnel It Never Spoke To, Loses Contract; T3I Solutions, LLC, GAO B-418034, B-418034.2January 15, 2020
Agency Rightly Rejected Offer that Proposed Salary Rates for the Wrong Geographic Region; Consolidated Safety Services, Inc., GAO -418221January 15, 2020
Appeal Challenging NAICS Designation in a Pre-Solicitation Notice is Premature; NAICS Appeal of EYP Squared Joint Venture, LLC, SBA No. NAICS-6035January 15, 2020
Agency Unimpressed with Protester’s Over-Reliance on Notes During an Oral Presentation; G4S Secure Solutions (USA), Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-1329CJanuary 14, 2020
Email from Contractor Notifying Agency that “We Have Some Damage” Does Not Constitute a Valid Claim; Appeals of Naseem Al-Oula Company, ASBCA Nos. 61321 et al.January 14, 2020
Agency’s Compliance With National Historic Preservation Act Cannot Breach Implied Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing; Appeals of Kalaeloa Ventures, LLC, ASBCA Nos. 60527, 60528, 60529January 14, 2020
Protester Unable to Argue Its Way out of Less Than Stellar Past Performance; GSI Construction Corporation, GAO B-418084January 14, 2020
DFARS Amended to Include Demonstration Project for Contractors Employing Persons with DisabilitiesJanuary 14, 2020
“I Choose, Therefore I Procure”: COFC Dismisses Protest that Questions the Nature of a Procurement; Desktop Alert Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-876CJanuary 13, 2020
Agency Not Required to Make Inferences About Offeror’s Performance on Prior Contracts and Apply Those Inferences to the Solicitation’s Requirements; MindPetal Software Solutions, Inc., GAO B-418016January 13, 2020
