Courts, Boards, & GAO

Protester Claimed Its Product Was Superior. GAO Said the Record Suggested Otherwise.

The protester argued the agency failed to make a comparative evaluation, which would have revealed...

Don’t Miss a Single Deficiency: GAO Dismisses Because the Protester Failed to Address a Deficiency

The protester challenged multiple aspects of the agency's technical evaluation. However, GAO dismissed the protest,...

GAO Was Certain the Solicitation Required Certification

The protester alleged it was improperly disqualified because the RFQ did not explicitly require a...

Court Rules that PLAs Violate the Competition in Contracting Act

Cohen Seglias - Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) have been controversial in the construction industry. The...

Why File: A GAO Bid Protest Intervention

Koprince McCall Pottroff - When contractors think of GAO Bid Protests, most think of the...

SBA’s New Rule Clarifies Role of Minority Equity Holders in Small Businesses and 8(a) Concerns

Holland & Knight - The U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Final Rule, which takes effect...

Contractors and Agencies Alike Await a New Trump Reality

Federal News Network - President Donald Trump spent his first day in office dealing with...

Trump Signs Order Setting Up DOGE with a Focus on Government Tech

NextGov/FCW - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to set up his Department...

How Trump’s Air Force Pick Could Elevate Space Priorities

Defense News - Among the resumes of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for key Pentagon posts,...

GAO Sustains Protest Challenging Use of LPTA Source Selection Methodology

The protester challenged the terms of a solicitation that sought to make award on a...

The Protester Claimed the Agency Cherry-Picked Its Quotation. Why Didn’t GAO Agree?

The protester alleged the agency unreasonably disqualified it from the competition by cherry-picking one line...

The Past Is the Past, But It May Affect Your Chances of Receiving an Award

The protester challenged the agency's evaluation of past performance. GAO found the evaluation was reasonable....

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