“I Get by With a Little Help from my Friends”: Relying on Affiliate Past Performance and Experience

Morrison Foerster – For evaluation purposes in a federal procurement, may an offeror rely upon the past performance and experience of its affiliates? The answer generally is a qualified yes, but the answer and the qualifications may change depending on the terms of each solicitation. If, on the other hand, the question is whether affiliation alone entitles one to cite an affiliate’s past performance or experience, the answer is almost universally no.