Courts, Boards, & GAO

The Solicitation Was Ambiguous as to Whether this Position Was Key, But It Wasn’t Key to This Protest

The protester claimed its proposed security training instructors (STIs) were not key personnel. Therefore, according to the solicitation, the protester did not need to...

Amid Uncertainty, Government Contractors Should Document, Notify, and Escalate Claims

Fox Rothschild - Government contractors working for the Department of Education, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and other agencies like the...

Are We There Yet? USAID is Shut Down By Decree. What is Next?

Abrahams Wolf-Rodda - If they can dismember and close the entire foreign aid program in this manner, then government contractors have every reason to...

GSA Lease Terminations: Lessors’ Rights and Responsibilities

Holland & Knight - As part of ongoing efforts to reduce waste, the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, in coordination with the new leadership...

Navy Awards Several Contracts Aimed at Advancing Key Mine Countermeasures Capabilities

Breaking Defense - The US Navy says it has recently made a series of contract awards to advance the mine countermeasures mission package (MCM...

Layoffs Hit Contractors and Small Businesses as Trump Cuts Take Effect

Washington Post - The tally appears to be about several thousand private-sector jobs lost in the past two weeks. So far, the fallout includes...

GAO Permits Agency to Assign a Strength and a Weakness for the Same Approach

The protester contended that the agency's evaluation was unreasonable because it contradicted itself. Namely, the agency assigned both a strength and a weakness to...

The Price of Silence: GAO Dismisses Protest Because the Protester’s Key Personnel Were Unavailable

Jenner & Block - On December 30, 2024, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) dismissed a protest by Orion Government Services, Inc. (Orion) after determining...

FY2025 NDAA Increases the Threshold for DoD Task Order Protests and Asks GAO and DoD to Explore Changes to Bid Protest Process

Sheppard Mullin - In the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (“FY25 NDAA”), Congress included some important provisions related to the bid protest...

End of the Line for Transmutation Agreements in 8(a) Program

Koprince McCall Pottroff - We at SmallGovCon have analyzed several key updates from the recent SBA final rule concerning HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications,...

Musk’s DOGE Efforts Pose a ‘Constitutional Crisis,’ Experts Warn

NextGov/FCW - When President Donald Trump moved back into the White House two weeks ago, he set up billionaire Elon Musk to lead the...

Eyeing a New Autonomous Launcher Prototyping Initiative, Army Checking out Industry Options

Breaking Defense - US Army leaders are looking at different autonomous launchers as they eye a possible prototyping competition and grapple with the right...

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