Proposal Reasonably Excluded from Competition Where Offeror Fails to Acknowledge Material Amendment; GAO B-414988.2, Nu-Way Security and Investigative Services, Inc.November 17, 2017
High-Dollar Experience Threshold Not Unduly Restrictive Where Contract Expected to Significantly Surpass That Threshold; GAO B-414965, Caduceus Healthcare, Inc.November 17, 2017
Protestor Not Credited for Unacceptable Contract Reference And Downgraded For Proposing Inadequate Training Staff; GAO B-414770 et al, ANHAM FZCONovember 16, 2017
Protestor’s Failure to Provide Requested Documentation Results in Exclusion From The Competitive Range; GAO B-414074.5, Bannum Inc.November 16, 2017
Protestor Fails to Establish That Its Exclusion from The Competitive Range Resulted from Solicitation’s Latent Defect; GAO B-415021, Point Blank Enterprises Inc.November 15, 2017
OHA Chooses NAICS Code When Neither Party is Correct; SBA No. NAICS-5855, BLB Resources, Inc.November 14, 2017
Unfair Advantage from Hiring Former Agency Officials Cannot be Waived Under FAR 9.5, but Protest Denied Where Agency Thoroughly Examined Possible Advantage and Found None; GAO B-412278.7, Northrup Grumman Systems CorporationNovember 14, 2017
Unsolicited Capability Statement Fails to Cure Protestor’s Materially Deficient Bid; GAO B-415490, Reagent World Inc.November 14, 2017
Agency’s Source Selection Decision Relies on Key Discriminator Not Mentioned Until Best Value Determination; GAO B-414886 et al, AT&T CorporationNovember 13, 2017
Unqualified Offeror Lacks Standing to Protest Sole Source Award; COFC No. 17-115C, CliniComp International, Inc. v. United StatesNovember 13, 2017
Contractual “Day” Means “Calendar Day”; ASBCA No. 61157, Family Entertainment Services, Inc.November 9, 2017
Ostensible Subcontractor Rule Inapplicable When Prime and Sub Have Identical Size Status; GAO B-414966, Kodiak Base Operations Services LLCNovember 9, 2017
Right to Withhold Rental Payments on Terminated Lease Creates a Sum Certain and Converts Termination Letter to Claim; COFC No. 17-171 C, Goodsell v. United StatesNovember 8, 2017
Agreement with Surety Bond Holder Does Not Waive Contractor’s CDA Rights; ASBCA Nos. 60462, Ikhana, LLCNovember 8, 2017
Protester Does Not Need Current Contract to Challenge Insourcing Decision; COFC No. 17-824C, Loomacres Inc. v. United StatesNovember 7, 2017
Offeror Fails to State A Claim Against Government For Misevaluating And Misappropriating Proprietary Information From His Unsolicited Proposal; COFC No. 17-417C, Brian X. Scott v. United StatesNovember 7, 2017
OHA Confirms Size Eligibility Is Determined on Date for Initial Offers, Not Date for Final Proposal Revisions; SBA No. SIZ-5851, Stellar Innovations and Solutions Inc.November 6, 2017
Agency’s Attempt to Shift Its Contractual Responsibility to Execute Utility Agreement Breaches Implied Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing and Causes Performance Delay; COFC 13-1023 C, MW Builders Inc. v. United StatesNovember 6, 2017