Contractor’s Post-Appeal Correction of REA Certification to Conform to CDA Certification Requirements is All Good; Appeal of Kirlin Builders, LLC, ASBCA No. 61901January 6, 2020
Rule of Two Does Not Apply to Agency Leasing Real Property on Behalf of the VA; Cross & Company, LLC, GAO B-417971January 6, 2020
ASBCA Reverses Itself, Grants Government’s Motion for Reconsideration; Appeals of DCX-CHOL Enterprises, Inc., ASBCA Nos. 61636, 61637January 6, 2020
“Let’s Pretend That Didn’t Happen”—Agency Cannot Ignore a Significant Weakness Just Because Offeror Removed “Verbiage” Related to the Weakness in a Revised Proposal; Qi Tech, LLC, GAO B-416711.8, B416711.9January 6, 2020
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); Adoption of Construction Project Delivery Method Involving Early Industry Engagement—Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc)January 6, 2020
Alleged Strengths In Proposal Not as Beneficial as Protester Thinks; By Light Professional IT Services, LLC; GAO B-417191.3January 3, 2020
Weakness Assigned to Protester but Not to Awardee for Failing to Explain Approach is Not Unequal Treatment Where Protester’s Approach Required Further Explanation but Awardee’s Did Not; Science Applications International Corporation, GAO B-417976January 3, 2020
Contractor’s Failure to Adhere to Contract’s Terms Precludes Recovery of Retroactive Wage Determinations; Harris IT Services Corporation v. Department of Veterans Affairs, CBCA No. 5814, 5815, 5816January 3, 2020
Offeror’s Inability to Satisfy Solicitation Requirement Does Not Make Requirement Unduly Restrictive; Omnicell, Inc., GAO B-417941January 2, 2020
Disclosure of Protester’s Staffing Plan Did Not Result in Competitive Prejudice; Centerra Integrated Facilities Services, LLC, GAO B-417963January 2, 2020
Agency Reasonably Rejected Proposal Due to Stingy, Unsupported Labor Rates; OBXtek, Inc., GAO B-417880 et al.January 2, 2020
Agency Entitled to Rely on Validity of Lease Agreement Submitted with Proposal; Tapestry Technologies, Inc., GAO B-416670.2, B-4126670.3January 2, 2020
Brickyard Blowout: IndyCar Company Cannot Claim Implied-In-Fact Contract Based on Statements by an Agency Official Who Could Not Bind the Government; Panther Brands, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 16-1157CDecember 20, 2019
“You’re Doing it Wrong, But Please Keep Doing It” — Protester Cannot Simultaneously Protest a Corrective Action While Asking the Agency to Proceed with the Corrective Action; Peraton, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-932CDecember 20, 2019
GAO Rejects Protest that Simply Restated Arguments From Initial Protest in Comments on Agency Report; CRESTRAT JV, LLC, GAO B-415716.35, B-415716.36December 19, 2019
GAO Refuses to Review SBA Responsibility Determination; Trade West Construction, Inc., GAO B-418252December 19, 2019
Protest Challenging Scope of Corrective Action Is Untimely When Filed After Second Award Decision; Millennium Engineering and Integration Company, GAO B-417359.4, B-417359.5December 19, 2019
Failure to Adhere to Solicitation’s Pricing Requirements Was Not a “Minor Informational Discrepancy”; Noble Supply & Logistics, Inc., GAO B-415725.3December 18, 2019
Agency Cannot Ignore Information that Contradicts Offeror’s Assertion of Compliance with Solicitation Requirements; Vane Line Bunkering, Inc., GAO B-417859, B-417859.2December 18, 2019
FAR Interim Rule – Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecom and Video EquipmentDecember 18, 2019
