Courts, Boards, & GAO
Court Rejects Protester’s Claims That Air Force Ignored Corruption in Iraqi Sole-Source Award
The protester alleged the Air Force accepted Iraq's sole-source request despite credible evidence of corruption involving Iraqi officials and subcontractors with ties to Iranian-backed...
When Key Personnel Leave: The Federal Contractor’s Disclosure Dilemma
Ogletree Deakins - Federal contractors that build proposals around named “key personnel” face a difficult choice when a proposed key person becomes unavailable before...
GAO Finds That Challenge to Agency’s Failure to Comply With DFARS Requirement Comes Too Late
Crowell & Moring - GAO’s recent dismissal of the protest in Tyonek Technical Innovations, LLC carries an important lesson for government contractors: if you...
Contractor Says Federal Procurement Overhaul Prevented Bid
Bloomberg Law - The US government’s effort to redesign its contracting system, known as the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, is unreasonably preventing Don Acquisition LLC...
Confidence Ratings Case: When “Confident” Isn’t Confident Enough
In this post-award protest, the protester challenged the agency's decision to issue a task order for IT support services to a competitor under a...
Lost in Cyberspace: When Your Email Extension Never Arrives
This post-award protest challenged the agency's decision to exclude the protester's proposal from the competition after its proposal acceptance period expired. The protester argued...
Randolph-Sheppard Priority: When Serving Food Means “Operating” the Cafeteria
This pre-award protest challenged a solicitation's inclusion of a Randolph-Sheppard Act (RSA) priority for state licensing agencies serving blind vendors. The protester argued the...
SPARC’s SCLS Beef: Why Five Employees Wasn’t a Bridge Too Far
The protester challenged a solicitation requirement that offerors demonstrate experience directly managing five or more Service Contract Labor Standards (SCLS) employees simultaneously. The protester...
Synopsis Snafu: Protester Snoozes and Loses on Timeliness
The protester challenged the terms of a solicitation, arguing that the agency's synopsis on SAM.gov failed to designate the procurement as a small business...
Missing Form, Missing Chance: Protester’s Proposal Bounced
The protester challenged the agency's decision to eliminate its proposal from a task order competition for failing to include a required contract data requirements...
General Dynamics Protests DISA’s Enclave Contract Expansion
Federal News Network - General Dynamics Information Technology is challenging the Defense Information Systems Agency’s decision to expand Leidos’ $11 billion Defense Enclave Services...
“Sorry, Wrong Attachment”: Why a Missing Joint Venture Certification Doomed the Protester’s Bid
The plaintiff argued that the government should have allowed it to cure a missing joint venture certification through clarifications because the omission was merely...
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