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Clarifications or discussions.  See Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., B-405993,B-405993.2, Jan 19, 2012.  (February 3, 2012)

Clarifications.  See Analytic Services, Inc., B-405737, Dec 28, 2011.  (February 2, 2012)

Organizational conflict of interest.  See AdvanceMed Corporation; TrustSolutions, LLC, B-404910.4,B-404910.5,B-404910.6,B-404910.9, B-404910.10, Jan 17, 2012.  (February 1, 2012)

Relevant past performance.  See Excalibur Laundries, Inc., B-405814, B-405814.2, Jan 3, 2012.  (January 17, 2012)

Sealed bid, brand names, responsive.  See Veterans Contracting Group, Inc., B-405940, Jan 12, 2012.  (January 17, 2012)

Brand name or equal.  See ADM International, Inc., B-405854, January 6, 2012.  (January 13, 2012)

Valid basis of protest, distinction between price reasonableness and price realism.  See Applied Business Management Solutions Incorporated, LLC, B-405724, December 15, 2011.  (January 9, 2012)

Sealed bid, omitted line item price,  immaterial defect in or variation of a bid.  See W.B. Construction and Sons, Inc., B-405818; B-405818.2, January 4, 2012.  (January 9, 2012)

Sealed bid, unbalanced bid.  See W.B. Construction and Sons, Inc., B-405818; B-405818.2, January 4, 2012.  (January 9, 2012)

Service-disabled veteran-owned small business.  See Kingdomware Technologies, B-405727, December 19, 2011.  (January 5, 2012)

Unstated evaluation factor.  See APEX-MBM, JV, B-405107.3, October 3, 2011.  (January 4, 2012)

Architect/Engineer services, SF 330, Word format or pdf format.  See Electronic Interiors Inc., B-405576, November 18, 2011.  (January 4, 2012)

Sealed bid, evaluation factors.  See Commandeer Construction Company LLC, B-405771, December 29, 2011.  (January 3, 2012)

Small business set-aside, domestic product,  vendor contractually obligated to comply with representation.  See Pacific Lock Company, B-405800, December 27, 2011.  (January 3, 2012)

Timeliness, notice of exclusion from competition to request for debriefing, address notice sent to.  See Hawker Beechcraft Defense Company, LLC, B-406170, December 22, 2011.  (January 3, 2012)

Offer, uncertainty as to the identity of an offering entity.  See W. B. Construction and Sons, Inc., B-405874; B-405874.2, December 16, 2011.  (January 3, 2012)

Late final proposal revision, no specific time for "close of business," flextime, FAR § 52.215-1(c)(3)(i).  See NCI Information Systems, Inc., B-405745, December 14, 2011.  (December 22, 2011)

Late proposal, time submitted, time received.  See Associated Fabricators & Constructors, Inc., B-405872, December 14, 2011.  (December 19, 2011)

Independent government cost estimate, incumbent's data.  See it at NCI Information Systems, Inc., B-405589, November 23, 2011.  (December 19, 2011)

Cancelled solicitation.  See National Defense Advisors, Inc., B-405741, December 13, 2011.  (December 15, 2011)

Bundling, prior solicitation.  See BlueStar Energy Solutions, B-405690, December 12, 2011.  (December 14, 2011)

Government bias.  See Jean-Paul O'Brien, B‑405668; B‑405669, December 12, 2011.  (December 14, 2011)

Service-disabled, veteran-owned small business, interested party.  See MICCI Imaging Construction Company, Inc., B-405654, November 28, 2011.  (November 30, 2011)

Uniform Time Act of 1996, local time.  See SBBI, Inc., B-405754, November 23, 2011.  (November 29, 2011)

Proposal page limitation. See Outreach Process Partners, LLC,  B-405529,  November 21, 2011.  (November 28, 2011)

50-page proposal page limitation, 56-page attachment.  See North Wind, Inc.; Earth Resources Technology, Inc., B-404880.4; B-404880.5; B-404880.6, November 4, 2011.  (November 28, 2011)

Experience, recent, elevant.  See Solstice Advertising, B-405529.2, November 21, 2011.  (November 28, 2011)

Late proposal, mail vs. hand delivery, delivery man's action.  See ERC Inc., B-405563, November 18, 2011.  (November 28, 2011)

Specification, unreasonable reading.  See ArmorWorks Enterprises LLC, B-405450, October 28, 2011.  (November 21, 2011)

SDVOSB set-aside, Federal Supply Schedules.  See Kingdomware Technologies, Inc., B-405533.2, November 10, 2011.  (November 17, 2011)

Bid guarantee, subcontractor.  See Shaka, Inc., B-405552, November 14, 2011.  (November 17, 2011)

Acceptable past performance, neutral rating.  See Y&K Maintenance, Inc., B-405310.2, October 17, 2011.  (November 17, 2011)

Federal Supply Schedule task order, limited source justification.  See XTec, Inc., B-405505, November 8, 2011.  (November 15, 2011)

Veterans First Contracting Program, sole-source.  See Crosstown Courier Service, Inc., B-405492, B-405493, November 8, 2011.  (November 9, 2011)

Industrial mobilization base, sole-source.  See Outdoor Venture Corporation, B-405423, October 25, 2011.  (November 9, 2011)

Price realism analysis.  See Vizada Inc., B-405251; B-405251.2; B-405251.3, October 5, 2011.  (November 8, 2011)

Unfair competitive advantage.  See  TeleCommunication Systems Inc., B-404496.3,October 26, 2011.  (November 7, 2011)

Alleged improper receipt and use of information, timeliness.  See The McConnell Group, Inc., B-405377, October 21, 2011.  (November 7, 2011)

GSA schedule contract holder, teaming arrangement.  See Brooks Range Contract Services, Inc., B-405327, October 12, 2011.  (November 7, 2011)

Brand name or equal.  See MEDI-e-ImageData Corporation, B-405164, September 16, 2011.  (November 4, 2011)

Small business set-aside decision.  See Six3 Systems, Inc., B-404885.2, October 20, 2011.  (November 3, 2011)

Consideration of option prices.  See Medical Development International, Inc., B-402198.2, March 29, 2010.  (November 3, 2011)

Government's duty to inquire.  See Eagle Creek Marina, B-405220, September 16, 2011.  (November 2, 2011)

Offeror's untimely delivery of its proposal.  See CCSC, Inc., B-404802.3, July 18, 2011.  (November 2, 2011)

Inadequacy of Cost accounting system, DCAA audit.  See KMS Solutions, LLC, B-405323.2; B-405323.3, October 6, 2011.  (October 31, 2011)

Acquisition plans, life cycle costs.  See NCS Technologies, Inc., B-405192.2, October 27, 2011.  (October 31, 2011)

Brand name or equal.  See OnSite Sterilization, LLC, B-405395, October 25, 2011.  (October 27, 2011)

Defective requirement.  See Pride Mobility Products Corporation, B-405371, October 25, 2011.  (October 26, 2011)

Final proposal revision.  See Power Connector, Inc., B-404916.2, August 15, 2011.  (October 25, 2011)

Architect - Engineer Services.  See EBA Ernest Bland Associates, P.C., B-404825.5; B-404825.6, October 11, 2011.  (October 24, 2011)

Exceeding proposal page limits.  See Propagation Research Associates, Inc., B-405362, October 20, 2011.  (October 24, 2011)

Offerors' responsibility for proposals.  See F&S Environmental, LLC, B-405232; B-405232.2; B-405232.3, September 22, 2011.  (October 24, 2011)

Proposal format.  See  GEA Engineering, P.C., B-405318, October 13, 2011.  (October 20, 2011)

Reasonable procedures to disseminate solicitation amendment.  See Dell Services Federal Government, Inc., B-405244; B-405244.2,September 30, 2011.  (October 18, 2011)

Restrictive provisions.  See Technosource Information Systems, LLC; TrueTandem, LLC, B-405296; B-405296.2; B-405296.3, October 17, 2011.  (October 18, 2011)

Veterans Benefit Act of 2003, Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006, Federal Supply Schedules,  SDVOSB set-aside.  See Aldevra, B-405271; B-405524, October 11, 2011.  (October 13, 2011)

Certificate of competency, limitation on subcontracting, SDVOSB.  See Construct Solutions, Inc.--Protest and Reconsideration, B-405288; B-405288.2, October 11, 2011.  (October 13, 2011)

Vendor Information Pages (VIP), service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.  See FedCon RKR JV LLC, B-405257, October 4, 2011.  (October 12, 2011)

Restrictive requirement.  See Kitco Defense, Inc., B-405510,October 4, 2011.  (October 12, 2011)

Unacceptable offer, spoon-feed.  See OER Services, LLC, B-405273, October 7, 2011.  (October 12, 2011)

Costs, alternative dispute resolution, corrective action.  See Science Applications International Corporation, B-405155.3, October 3, 2011.  (October 11, 2011)

Unacceptable offer.  See JRS Management, B-405361; B-405361.2; B-405361.3, October 3, 2011.  (October 6, 2011)

Past performance, key personnel, relevance.  See  CMJR, LLC d/b/a Mokatron, B-405170, September 7, 2011.  (October 4, 2011)

Cost Realism Analysis.  See Systems Technologies, Inc., B-404985; B-404985.2, July 20, 2011.  (October 3, 2011)

Restrictive provisions.  See GlobaFone Inc., B-405238, September 12, 2011.  (September 19, 2011)

Unequal access to information organizational conflict of interest.  See it at Enterprise Information Services, Inc., B-405152; B-405152.2; B-405152.3, September 2, 2011.  (September 12, 2011)

Cancellation of solicitation,  government estimate, fair and reasonable price.  See Trade Links General Trading and Contracting, WLL, B-405182, September 1, 2011.  (September 8, 2011)

Organizational conflict of interest.  See The Analysis Group, LLC, B-401726.3, April 18, 2011.  (September 8, 2011)

Past performance, neutral rating.  See O'Gara Training and Services, LLC, B-404901.2, July 28, 2011.  (September 2, 2011)

Responsibility, cost accounting system.  See Sygnetics, Inc., B-404535.5, August 25, 2011.  (September 1, 2011)

Interested party, parent company protests, subsidiary is offeror.  See Integral Systems, Inc., B-405303.1, August 16, 2011.  (August 30, 2011)

Corrective action, irrational GAO decision.  See Systems Application & Technologies, Inc. v. U. S. and Madison Research Corporation, No. 11-280C, August 25, 2011.  (August 29, 2011)

SDVOSB, Joint venture, listing in VetBiz database  See Pro South-Emcon, a Joint Venture, B-405267; B-405268, August 18, 2011.  (August 25, 2011)

Undisclosed factor.  See DSS Healthcare Solutions, LLC, B-403713.3, June 22, 2011.  (August 22, 2011)

Proposal without detailed information.  See Orion Technology, Inc., B-405077, August 12, 2011.  (August 22, 2011)

Urgent and compelling.  STG, Inc., B-405082; B-405082.2, July 27, 2011.  (August 22, 2011)

Small business subcontracting plan.  See eTouch Federal Systems, LLC, B-404894.3, August 15, 2011.  (August 18, 2011)

Organizational conflict of interest.  See QinetiQ North America, Inc. B-405008; B-405008.2, Jul 27, 2011.  (August 17, 2011)

Corrective action, costs, severable protest grounds.  See Nationwide IT Services, Inc. - Costs, B-404160.2, August 8, 2011.  (August 15, 2011)

Build-to-budget, offerors misled.  See PCCP Constructors, JV; Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation, B-405036; B-405036.2; B-405036.3; B-405036.4; B-405036.5; B-405036.6, August 4, 2011.  (August 12, 2011)

Organizational conflict of interest.  See PCCP Constructors, JV; Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation, B-405036; B-405036.2; B-405036.3; B-405036.4; B-405036.5; B-405036.6, August 4, 2011.  (August 12, 2011)

Jurisdiction:  compliance with Executive Branch policy.  See 901 North Fifth Street, LLC, B-404997; B-404997.2, July 22, 2011.  (August 8, 2011)

Procurement integrity.  See The GEO Group, Inc, B-405012, July 26, 2011.  (August 8, 2011)

Brand name or equal.  See MediaNow, Inc., B-405067, June 28, 2011.  (August 2, 2011)

Cancellation of solicitation.  See KNAPP Logistics Automation, Inc.--Protest and Costs, B-404887.2; B-404887.3, July 27, 2011.  (August 1, 2011)

Proposal evaluation, adverse past performance, discussions.  See it at Rod Robertson Enterprises, Inc., B-404476, January 31, 2011.  (August 1, 2011)

VetBiz database.  See A1 Procurement, JVG, B-404618.3, July 26, 2011.  (July 28, 2011)

HUBZone Price Preference.  See Explo Systems, Inc., B-404952; B-404952.2, July 8, 2011.  (July 20, 2011)

Final proposal revision, minor subcontractor's late proposal.  See  SafeGuard Services, LLC, B-404910, June 28, 2011.  (July 19, 2011)

Unacceptable offer, eliminated after discussions.  See Ahtna Facility Services, Inc., B-404913; B-404913.2, June 30, 2011.  (July 18, 2011)

Costs, corrective action, clearly meritorious protest.  See Re-Engineered Business Solutions, Inc.--Costs, B-404214.4, July 14, 2011.  (July 18, 2011)

Costs, corrective action.  See KGL Food Services, WLL; Intermarkets Global--Costs, B-400660.7; B-400660.8, June 20, 2011.  (July 7, 2011)

Source selection decision.  See One Largo Metro LLC; Metroview Development Holdings, LLC; King Farm Associates, LLC, B-404896; B-404896.2; B-404896.3; B-404896.4; B-404896.5; B-404896.6; B-404896.7, June 20, 2011.  (July 6, 2011)

Discussions, adequate, spoon-feed.  See L-3 STRATIS, B-404865, June 8, 2011.  (July 5, 2011)

Evaluation factors.  See Mission Essential Personnel, LLC, B-404218.2; B-404218.3, June 14, 2011.  (July 5, 2011)

Responsibility, certificate of competency.  See Waterfront Technologies, Inc.--Protest and Costs, B-401948.16; B-401948.18, June 24, 2011.  (June 29, 2011)

Violation of protective order.  See Waterfront Technologies, Inc.--Protest and Costs, B-401948.16; B-401948.18, June 24, 2011.  (June 29, 2011)

Corrective action taken by agency, focus on issue.  See Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Inc., B-404636.11, June 15, 2011.  (June 28, 2011)

Past performance, subcontractor.  See DynCorp International, LLC, B-403065; B-403065.2, September 17, 2010.  (June 28, 2011)

Cost realism analysis.  See MPRI, Division of L-3 Services, Inc.; LINC Government Services, B-402548; B-402548.2; B-402548.3; B-402548.4; B-402548.5; B-402548.6, June 4, 2010.  (June 23, 2011)

Clarifications.  See Mission1st Group, Inc., B-404811.3; B-404811.6, June 2, 2011.  (June 15, 2011)

Sunset provision barring GAO hearing task order protests.  See Technatomy Corporation, B-405130, June 14, 2011.  (June 15, 2011)

Responsibility determination.  See Active Deployment Systems, Inc., B-404875, May 25, 2011.  (June 13, 2011)

Tailoring commercial items clauses.  See Diebold, Inc., B-404823, June 2, 2011.  (June 13, 2011)

Late Proposal.  See Lani Eko & Company, CPAs, B-404863, PLLC, June 6, 2011.  (June 13, 2011)

Material term of the solicitation.  See AC4S, Inc., B-404811.2, May 25, 2011.  (June 10, 2011)

Restrictive provisions, agency needs.  See Helionix Systems, Inc., B-404905.2, May 26, 2011.  (June 2, 2011)

Commercial item, waiver.  See U.S. Foodservice, Inc.; Labatt Food Services, LP, B-404786; B-404786.2; B-404786.3; B-404786.4, May 13, 2011.  (June 2, 2011)

Environmentally preferable products.  See Wood Cuts, B-403960.3, May 19, 2011.  (May 24, 2011)

Costs, corrective action.  See Greentree Transportation Company, Inc.--Costs, B-403556.4, May 16, 2011.  (May 19, 2011)

Costs, corrective action.  See Symvionics, Inc.--Costs, B-403230.6, May 16, 2011.  (May 19, 2011)

Costs, clearly meritorious protest.  See The CFS Group, LLC--Costs, B-403539.3, May 13, 2011.  (May 19, 2011)

Cost realism analysis.  See ERC, Inc., B-404721; B-404721.2, April 19, 2011.  (May 17, 2011) 

Fixed-price contract, low price, understanding or risk associated with proposals.  Analytic Strategies, B-404840, May 5, 2011.  (May 16, 2011)

Solicitation restricts competition,  See  USA Jet Airlines, Inc.; Active Aero Group, Inc., B-404666, April 1, 2011.  (May 13, 2011)

Restrictive requirement.  See RSL Electronics Ltd., B-404117.3; B-404117.4; B-404117.5; B-404117.6, March 28, 2011.  (May 10, 2011)

Limitation on subcontracting clause.  See Addx Corporation, B-404888, May 4, 2011.  (May 9, 2011)

Exception to solicitation requirement.  See Solers, Inc., B-404032.3; B-404032.4, April 6, 2011. (May 2, 2011)

Lack of documentation.  See Solers, Inc., B-404032.3; B-404032.4, April 6, 2011.  (May 2, 2011)

Material amendment.  See MG Mako, Inc., B-404758, April 28, 2011.  (April 29, 2011)

Excessive risk on contractor.  See  CWTSatoTravel, B-404479.2, April 22, 2011.  (April 27, 2011)

Ambiguous Terms.  See  CWTSatoTravel, B-404479.2, April 22, 2011.  (April 27, 2011)

Costs, corrective action.  See Iron Vine Security, LLC - Costs, B-403578.3, April 15, 2011.  (April 20, 2011)

Costs, corrective action.  See Computer Cite--Costs, B-402792.5; B-403769.2, April 14, 2011.  (April 18, 2011)

Late proposal, courier delivery.  See B&S Transport, Inc., B-404648.3, April 8, 2011.  (April 13, 2011)

Task order protest, threshold for protest.  See Qwest Government Services, Inc., B-404845, March 25, 2011.  (April 13, 2011)

Expiration of proposal, extension after expiration.  See Ocean Services, LLC, B-404690, April 6, 2011.  (April 11, 2011)

Evaluation of proposals, documentation.  See Technology Concepts & Design, Inc., B-403949.2; B-403949.3, March 25, 2011.  (April 8, 2011)

Past performance, relevance.  See CAE USA, Inc., B-404625, March 16, 2011.  (April 7, 2011)

Past performance, relevance, ratings.  See Facility Services Management, Inc., B-402757.6; B-402757.7, February 10, 2011.  (April 7, 2011)

Costs, corrective action.  See A-Ability Medical Equipment, Inc.--Costs, B-403256.3, April 4, 2011.  (April 7, 2011)

Costs, corrective action.  See Livanta, LLC-Costs, B-404215.2, April 5, 2011.  (April 7, 2011)

Eligibility of service-disabled veteran owned small business.  See Hurricane Consulting, Inc., B-404619; B-404619.2; B-404619.3, March 17, 2011.  (March 29, 2011)

Bias.  See Celeris Systems, Inc., B-404651, March 24, 2011.  (March 29, 2011)

Limitation on the agency's evaluation of past performance.  See Bannum, Inc., B-404712, March 1, 2011.  (pdf)  (March 24, 2011)

Price realism analysis.  See Goel Services, Inc. in association with Grunley Construction Co., Inc., B-404168, January 12, 2011.  (pdf)  (March 24, 2011) 

Brand name or equal.  See California Industrial Facilities Resources, Inc., d/b/a CAMSS Shelters, B-403397.3, March 21, 2011.  (March 23, 2011)

Cost or price to be considered in selecting proposals.  See I.M. Systems Group, B-404583; B-404583.2; B-404583.3, February 25, 2011.  (March 23, 2011)

Changed requirements, solicitation amendment.  See Global Computer Enterprises, Inc.; Savantage Financial Services, Inc., B-404597; B-404597.2; B-404597.3, March 9, 2011.  (March 17, 2011)

Closing date, contracting officer's oral extension. See Noble Supply and Logistics, B-404731, March 4, 2011.  (March 10, 2011)

Responsibility determination, consideration of default.  See M. Erdal Kamisli Co. Ltd. (ERKA Co., Ltd.), B-403909.2; B-403909.4, February 14, 2011.  (March 10, 2011)

Cancellation of solicitation.  See KGL Logistics, B-404340, January 26, 2011. (March 10, 2011)

Agency corrective action.  See Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc., B-404263.6, March 1, 2011.  (March 4, 2011)

Past performance, relevance.  See Nova Technologies, B-403461.3; B-403461.4, February 28, 2011.  (March 3, 2011)

Simplified acquisition, documenting the evaluation.  See Resource Dimensions, LLC, B-404536, February 24, 2011.  (pdf)  (February 28, 2011)

Timeliness of protest.  See Waterfront Technologies, Inc., B-403638.3, February 22, 2011.  (February 25, 2011)

Central Contractor Registration.  See Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro-Archimede, B-404650, February 18, 2011.  (February 24, 2011)

Organizational conflicts of interest.  See CACI, Inc.-Federal, B-403064.2, January 28, 2011.  (February 22, 2011)

Unduly restrictive of competition.  See Airforce Turbine Service, Ltd., B-404478, February 16, 2011.  (February 22, 2011)

8(a) awards.  See Donnelly & Moore Corporation, B-404480, February 16, 2011.  (February 22, 2011)

Meaningful discussions.  See ACS Federal Solutions, LLC, B-404129, January 7, 2011.  (February 11, 2011)

Unacceptable proposal.  See American Title Services, a Joint Venture, B-404455, February 4, 2011.  (February 11, 2011)

Government cost estimate, cost realism analysis.  See CGI Federal Inc., B-403570; B-403570.2; B-403570.3; B-403570.4, November 5, 2010.  (February 11, 2011)

Unequal Discussions.  Martin Electronics, Inc.; AMTEC Corporation, B-404197; B-404197.2; B-404197.3; B-404197.4; B-404197.5, January 19, 2011.  (February 9, 2011)

Corrective action after protest.  See Intermarkets Global, B-400660.10; B-400660.11, February 2, 2011.  (February 8, 2011)

Corporate experience, relevance.  See Herve Cody Contractor, Inc., B-404336, January 26, 2011.  (February 7, 2011)

8(a) sole source procurement.  See   Eagle Collaborative Computing Services, Inc., B-401043.3, January 28, 2011.  (February 1, 2011)

Technically unacceptable.  See George T. Brown Associates, Inc., B-404398, January 26, 2011.  (pdf) (February 1, 2011)

Past performance, adverse information, not considered, documentation.  See Northeast Military Sales, Inc., B-404153,January 13, 2011.  (January 27, 2011)

Cancellation of RFQs, evaluation guidance.  See Progressive Services Corporation, B-404183; B-404251.2, January 11, 2011.  (January 27, 2011)

Bid Bond, copy.  See Islands Mechanical Contractor, Inc., B-404275, January 24, 2011.  (January 26, 2011)

Supply or service contract, nonmanufacturer rule.  See Rotech Healthcare, Inc., B-404241; B-404241.2, B&B Medical Services, Inc.; January 19, 2011.  Also see SBA's Office of Hearings and Appeals - Medical Comfort Systems, Inc. et al., SBA No. NAICS-5106, January 5, 2010 and U. S. Court of Federal Claims Rotech Healthcare Inc. v. U. S., No. 06-303C, July 24, 2006.  (January 24, 2011)

Noncompetitive procurement, compelling military needs.  See Argon ST, Inc., B-402908; B-402908.2, August 11, 2010.  (January 21, 2011)

Offeror's compliance with format and page limit instructions.  See it at DPK Consulting, B-404042; B-404042.2, December 29, 2010.  (January 20, 2011)

Offer's insufficient details.  See Adelaide Environmental Health Associates, Inc., B-404164, January 13, 2011.  (January 19, 2011)

Meaningfulness of response.  See 1-A Construction & Fire, LLP, B-404128, January 7, 2011.  (January 13, 2011)

Service Contract Act.  See Bering Straits Logistics Services, LLC, B-403799; B-403799.3, December 15, 2010.  (January 13, 2011)

Accurate description of contract actions.  See Ideal Fastener Corporation, B-404206, January 11, 2011.  (January 13, 2011)

Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926.  See Perini Management Services, Inc., B-404261; B-404261.2; B-404261.3; B-404261.4, December 17, 2010.  (January 13, 2011)

Unduly restrictive of competition.  See Northwest Airport Management, L.P., B-404098; B-404098.2, January 5, 2011.  (January 11, 2011)

Downselection, elimination, testing.  See HDT Tactical Systems, Inc., B-403875, December 14, 2010.  (January 10, 2011)

Missing subcontracting plan.  See Tetra Tech Tesoro, Inc., B-403797, December 14, 2010.  (January 10, 2011)

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Past performance, disparate treatment, factual errors, failure to consider a past performance questionnaire.  See BayFirst Solutions, LLC, v. U. S. and Veteran Solutions, Inc. No. 11-516C, January 9, 2012.  (January 10, 2012)

Cancellation of solicitation, changed requirements, increase in federal employees, bad faith,  See MORI Associates v. U. S., No. 10-298C, December 15, 2011.  (January 3, 2012)

Standing, interested party.  See Orion Technology, Inc. v. U. S. and Strategic Resources, Inc., No 11-573C, December 1, 2011.  (January 3, 2012)

Source Selection Authority decision, documentation.  See Standard Communications, Inc. v. U. S. and CACI-ISS, Inc., HP Enterprise Services, LLC., Science Applications International Corporation, No. 11-530C, November 22, 2011.  (November 29, 2011)

Organizational conflict of interest, unequal access, timely identification, mitigation.  See NetStar-1 Government Consulting, Inc. v. U. S. and ALON, Inc., No. 11-294C, October 17, 2001.  (November 14, 2011)

Independent Government Cost Estimate.  See D&S Consultants, Inc., v. U. S. and CACI-ISS, Inc., and HP Enterprise Services, LLC, No. 11-446, October 28, 2011.  (October 31, 2011)

Source selection authority's decision.  See FirstLine Transportation Security, Inc. v. U. S. and Akal Security, Inc., No. 11-375C, September 27, 2011. (September 29, 2011)

SSEB analysis, inconsistent with solicitation.  See FirstLine Transportation Security, Inc. v. U. S. and Akal Security, Inc., No. 11-375C, September 27, 2011.  (September 28, 2011)

Standing.  See BlueStar Energy Services, Inc. d/b/a BlueStar Energy Solutions, v. U. S. Nos. 11-460C and 11-461C, September 22, 2011.  (September 25, 2011)

Customary Commercial Practice, 15-Year Fixed Pricing Schedule.  See CW Government Travel, Inc., doing business as CWTSATOTravel (“CWT”), v U. S. and Concur Technologies, No. 11-298C, September 16, 1011.  (September 19, 2011)

Jurisdiction, IDIQ protests, sunset provision.  See MED Trends, LLC, v. U. S. and  MicroTechnologies, LLC, No. 11-420, September 13, 2011.  (September 14, 2011)

Responsibility determination.  See Nilson Van & Storage, Inc. v. U. S., No. 10-716C, August 12, 2011.  (August 15, 2011)

Court proceedings, complete record of the acquisition.  See Joint Venture of Comint Systems
Corporation & EyeIT.com, Inc. v. U. S. and NetCentrics Corporation, Digital Management, Inc., and Powertek corporation, No. 11-400C, 11-416C, July 22, 2011.  (July 25, 2011)

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Organizational conflict of interest.  See Turner Construction Company, Inc. v. U. S. and McCarthy/Hunt JV, and B.L. Harbert-Brasfield & Gorrie, JV, No. 2010-5146.  (July 19, 2011)

Court of Federal Claims

Unusual and compelling urgency.  See California Industrial Facilities Resources, Inc. v. U. S. and Alaska Structures, Inc., No. 11-299C, July 13, 2011.  (July 15, 2011)

Late proposal.  See Castle-Rose, Inc. v. U. S., No. 11-163C, June 28, 2011.  (June 30, 2011)

Small business set-aside, cancellation of solicitation.  See Gear Wizzard, Inc. v. U. S., No. 11-007C, June 16, 2011.  (June 20, 2011)

Responsiveness.  See Dow Electric, Inc. v. U. S., No. 10-883C, June 2, 2011.  (June 6, 2011)

Foreign Military Sale, exception to competition.  See L-3 Communications Corporation v. U. S. and Lockheed Martin Corp., No. 10-538C, May 20, 2011.  (May 24, 2011)

Tech Systems, Inc., v. U. S., No. 10-877C. May 11, 2011.

• Proposal format and substance, essay-writing contest.
   
• Past performance, relevance.  (May 16, 2011)

Past performance relevance, performance confidence assessment rating.  See Patriot Taxiway Industries, Inc., v. U. S. and Tactical Lighting Systems, Inc., No. 11-124C, May 4, 2011.  (May 9, 2011)

Price reasonableness, fixed-price contract.  Patriot Taxiway Industries, Inc., v. U. S. and Tactical Lighting Systems, Inc., No. 11-124C, May 4, 2011.  (May 9, 2011)

HUBZone program.  SBA decertification.  See RCD Cleaning Service, Inc. v. U. S. and Federal Maintenance Hawaii, Inc., No. 11-13C, April 13, 2011.  (April 18, 2011)

Two sets of evaluation criteria, two conflicting weighting schemes, evaluation errors, etc.  See The Huntsville Times Co. Inc. v. U. S. and Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc., No. 10-812C, March 31, 2011.  (April 18, 2011)

Meaningful discussions.  See Ceres Environmental Services, Inc. v. U. S. and AshBritt, Inc., No. 09-886C, March 28, 2011.  (April 18, 2011)

Information to bid intelligently and to be evaluated on a common basis.  See Glenn Defense Marine (Asia), Pte Ltd. v. U. S., No. 10-844C, April 8, 2011.  (April 11, 2011)

Late Proposal, designated government office, e-mail address, government control.  See Watterson Construction Company v. U. S., 10-587C, March 29, 2011.  (March 31, 2011)

Blanket Purchase Agreements.  See Crewzers Fire Crew Transport, Incorporated v. U. S., No. 10-819C, March 18, 2011.  (March 22, 2011)

HUBZone,  35% employee residency, attempt to maintain.  See Mission Critical Solutions v. U. S., No. 10-810C, March 8, 2011.  (March 14, 2011)

IDIQ, multiple, single award.  See it at Glenn Defense Marine (Asia), PTE, LTD v. U. S., No. 10-852c, March 1, 2011.  (March 7, 2011)

Prejudice.  See Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc. fv. U. S. and Morris & Lee d/b/a Science First, No. 10-855, February 11, 2011.  (February 14, 2011)

Real property, implied-in-fact contract, jurisdiction.  See Resource Conservation Group, LLC v. U. S. Department of the Navy, No. 08-768C, March 31, 2009.  See Resource Conservation Group, LLC vs. U. S., No. 09-5091, March 1, 2010.  See Resource Conservation Group, LLC v. United States, No. 08-768C, January 11, 2011.  (January 18, 2011)

Injunction.  Google, Inc. and Onix Networking Corporation v. U. S. and Softchoice Corporation, No. 10-743C, January 4, 2011.  (January 7, 2011)

Jurisdiction.  Moot or Unripe claims.  See Harris Patriot Healthcare Solutions, LLC v. U. S. and Stanley Associates, Inc., No. 10-708C, December 14, 2010.  (December 20, 2010)

Trade-off analysis, responsibility, risk.  See PlanetSpace Inc. V. U. S. and Space Exploration Technologies Corporation and Orbital Sciences Corporation, No. 09-476C, December 14, 2010.  (December 20, 2010)

Jurisdiction.  See Joyce Terry, d/b/a Shirt Shack, v. U. S., No. 09-454C, December 15, 2010.  (December 16, 2010)

Violation of protective order.  See Pyramid Real Estate Services, LLC V. U. S. and Matt Martin Real Estate Management LLC, and HomeTelos, LP, No. 10-599C, December 9, 2010.  (December 13, 2010)

FAR Part 15 and FAR 8.405-2(e).  See Matt Martin Real Estate Management LLC v. U. S. and HomeTelos, LP, BLB Resources, Inc., Ofori & Associates, P.C., and PEMCO Ltd, No. 10-675C, December 2, 2010.  (December 6, 2010)

Quoting items not on schedule, modification beyond scope of schedule contract.  See Mobile Medical International Corporation v. U. S., No. 10-148C, Issued November 16, 2010.  (December 6, 2010)

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