Courts, Boards, & GAO
You May Have Exclusivity Arrangement With Your Key Personnel, But This Doesn’t Make Them Unavailable to Other Offerors
The incumbent contractor challenged the agency's award of a call center support order to a competitor, arguing that the awardee materially misrepresented the availability...
No Phase III for You: COFC Keeps Door Open for SBIR Preference Challenge
The protester argued the government violated SBIR's Phase III preference by assigning follow-on work derived from its earlier Phase II contract to other contractors...
GAO Unbothered by Awardee’s Deviation from Agency-Provided Staffing Matrix
The protester challenged the agency's issuance of a task order to a competitor, arguing that the awardee proposed labor categories that fell short of...
Protester Shut Out of Border Wall Task Order
The protester challenged the issuance of a task order to a competing IDIQ holder, arguing the agency improperly limited competition to a single vendor...
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car: COFC Dismisses Protester’s Challenge to VA-Uber Partnership
The plaintiff had a contract with the VA to provide transportation services to veterans. The protester filed a combined bid protest and claim to...
Space Force’s $83.7 Million R&D Task Order Survives Price-Gap Protest
GovConFeed - The Government Accountability Office has denied a bid protest challenging a Space Force research and development task order awarded at nearly $61.5...
The Protester Alleged Sole Source Award Was Tainted by Corruption. Why Wasn’t the COFC Convinced?
The protester challenged the Air Force's sole source contract award under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, alleging the agency ignored credible evidence of...
Untimely Amendment Challenge and Lack of Competitive Prejudice Sink Protest
The protester challenged the agency's issuance of a solicitation amendment that restructured pricing and the agency's subsequent determination that the protester's price was unreasonable....
Not Interested: Protester Unable to Leapfrog Three Intervening Offerors
The protester challenged its elimination from a competition for on-base lodging leases, alleging the procurement was tainted by various improprieties. GAO dismissed the protest,...
The EEMSG Strikes Back, GAO Decision Provides Cautionary Reminder on Timely Submissions
GovConJudicata - The Department of Defense's enterprise email secure gateway ("EEMSG") server stymies yet another bid. A recent Government Accountability Office ("GAO") bid protest...
Protester Beware: Recent GAO Decision Suggests Traditional “Reasonable Possibility” Prejudice Standard May Be Evolving
Crowell & Moring - It is well established that “ompetitive prejudice is an essential element of every viable protest.” Yet, for decades, the U.S....
When Does a CPAR Stop Mattering? GAO’s Latest Answer Is: It Depends
PilieroMazza - One of the most common questions government contractors ask after receiving a negative Contractor Performance Assessment Report (CPAR) is also one of...
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