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Bid Protests
Comptroller General |
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Source Selection Authority’s
selection decision. See The Arcanum Group, Inc.
B-413682.2, B-413682.3: Mar 29, 2017.
(September
18,
2017)
Source Selection Authority’s
selection decision. See The Arcanum Group,
Inc. B-413682.2, B-413682.3: Mar 29, 2017.
(September
18,
2017)Small buisiness set-aside. Rule-of-two,
sole-source. See Synchrogenix Information
Strategies, LLC B-414068.4: Sep 8, 2017.
(September
14,
2017)Certificate of Competency. See
Sea Box, Inc. B-414742: Sep 6, 2017.
(September
11,
2017)Jurisdiction, subcontract. See
The Boeing Company; Bombardier,
Inc. B-414706, B-414380.2: Aug 25, 2017. (September 8, 2017)
Incomplete pricing proposal,
clarifications, fair and reasonable price. See FedResults,
Inc. B-414641: Aug 8, 2017.
(September
8,
2017)
Limitation on subcontracting.
See
Crosstown
Courier Service, Inc. B-414752: Sep 1, 2017.
(September 6, 2017)
Responsibility determination, pending bankruptcy.
See SaxmanOne, LLC B-414748, B-414748.3: Aug 22, 2017.
(September 1, 2017)
FAR subpart 8.4 procedures.
See Phoenix Environmental Design,
Inc. B-414743: Aug 30, 2017.
(August
31, 2017)Price reasonableness, estimated
quantities, single line item, unbalanced prices. See
David Jones, CPA PC B-414701: Aug
25, 2017.
(August
28, 2017)
Untimely response to agency report.
See
PennaGroup, LLC B-414840.2,
B-414841.2: Aug 25, 2017.
(August
28, 2017)
Unequal discussions. See
Global Language Center B-413503.8:
Jun 1, 2017.
(August
24, 2017)
Unacceptable quotation,
interpretation, dictionary definition. See
Bluehorse Corporation B-414809: Aug 18, 2017.
(August
22, 2017)
Cancellation of solicitation. See
Henry's Aerial Service, Inc.; Evergreen Flying
Services, Inc. B-414238.7, B-414238.9: Aug 10, 2017.
(August
21, 2017)
Unequal and therefore improper
discussions. See
YWCA of
Greater Los Angeles B-414596, B-414596.2, B-414596.3: Jul
24, 2017.
(August
17, 2017)
Cost realism, cost adjustment.
See Orbital Sciences Corporation
B-414603, B-414603.2: Jul 26, 2017.
(August
15, 2017)
Overeliance on competitor's design. See
Simplex Aerospace B-414566.2: Aug 8, 2017.
(August
10, 2017)
HUBZone set-aside, market
research. See
JRS Staffing Services B-414630, B-414630.2:
Jul 28, 2017.
(August
8, 2017)Small Business, affiliate, economic dependence. See
Veterans Technology, LLC and
MDW Associates, LLC v. U. S. No. 16-1489, August 2, 2017 (August
7, 2017)
Price realism,
time-and-materials. See
HP Enterprise
Services, LLC B-413888.2, B-413888.3, B-413888.4,
B-413888.5: Jun 21, 2017.
(August 4,
2017)Professional Employee
Compensation. See
SURVICE
Engineering Company, LLC B-414519: Jul 5, 2017.
(August 4,
2017)
Government
seeking clarifications. See
Defense Base Services, Inc. B-414591: Jul 12, 2017.
(August 2,
2017)
Meaningful discussions. See
Piton Science and Technology
B-414634: Jul 28, 2017.
(August 1,
2017)
Waiver from nonmanufacturer rule.
See
AeroSage, LLC B-414640,
B-414640.3: Jul 27, 2017.
(July 31,
2017)
Predecessor company, subcontractor,
key personnel. See MLU
Services, Inc. B-414555.3, B-414555.6: Jul 17, 2017.
(July 31,
2017)Cancellation, new competition, or
amend existing solicitation. See RCR
Properties, G.P. B-414590: Jul 21, 2017.
(July 28,
2017)
E-mail proposal not found. See
Ghazanfar
Neft Gas LTD B-414636: Jul 21, 2017
(July 25, 2017)
Brand name or equal. See
Bluehorse Corporation B-414578: Jul
20, 2017.
(July 24, 2017)Interested party. See
MINACT, Inc. B-414615, B-414615.2:
Jul 12, 2017.
(July 17, 2017)
Cancellation of solicitation. See
Tien Walker B-414623.2,
B-414623.3: Jul 10, 2017.
(July 12, 2017)
Government's duty to inquire. See
Valkyrie Enterprises, LLC B-414516: Jun 30,
2017.
(July 10, 2017)Small Business Innovation Research. See
Global Aerospace Corporation B-414514:
Jul 3, 2017.
(July 6, 2017)Procurement Integrity Act. See
Dell Services
Federal Government, Inc. B-414461, B-414461.2: Jun 21, 2017.
(July 3, 2017)Low price, clarifications. See
Pontiac Flying LLC B-414433, B-414433.2, B-414433.3:
Jun 12, 2017.
(July 3, 2017)Competitive range. See Pinnacle
Solutions, Inc. B-414360: May 19, 2017.
(June 28, 2017)Solicitation requirements. See
Glock, Inc. B-414401: Jun 5, 2017.
(June 26, 2017)
Past performance, questionnaire,
sister companies. See
PacArctic, LLC B-413914.3, B-413914.4: May 30,
2017.
(June 22, 2017)
Past performance, neutral rating. See
SITEC Consulting, LLC; VariQ
Corporation; Logistics Systems, Inc. B-413526.4, B-413526.5, B-413526.6,
B-413526.7: Apr 3, 2017.
(June 21, 2017)
Timeliness, FSS procurement,
debriefing exception,
contracting officer's mischaracterization. See
IR Technologies B-414430,
B-414430.2, B-414430.3: Jun 6, 2017.
(June 20, 2017)Unequally evaluation of price
quotations. See Red River Computer Company, Inc.
B-414183.4, B-414183.6, B-414183.7: Jun 2, 2017.
(June 19, 2017)
Price realism evaluation, offeror's understanding of
technical requirements. See Next Tier
Concepts, Inc.; MAXIMUS Federal Services, Inc. B-414337, B-414337.2: May
15, 2017.
(June 14, 2017)Termination of awarded contracts, cancellation of
solicitation, post-award alterations of the record, integrity of
procurement process, changed requirements. See
EDC Consulting, LLC; Cybermedia Technologies,
Inc.; et al B-414175.10, et al. Jun 9, 2017.
(June 13, 2017)Organizational conflict of interest: Biased
Ground Rules, Unequal Access to Information, Impaired Objectivity.
See Accenture Federal Services, LLC B-414268.3,
B-414268.4, B-414268.5: May 30, 2017.
(June 12,
2017)Outside the scope of its schedule contract.
Knight Point Systems, LLC B-414183.3, B-414183.5:
May 31, 2017.
(June 9,
2017)Rejected proposal, unavailable facility. See
Bannum, Inc. B-414336: May 15, 2017.
(June 7, 2017)Past performance,
relevance.
See TOTE
Services, Inc. B-414295, B-414295.2: Apr 25, 2017.
(June 6, 2017)Past performance, information that is “too
close at hand.” See
Battelle Memorial Institute B-413570.3,
B-413570.4, B-413570.5: May 23, 2017.
(June 5, 2017)
Protest is subject of litigation
before a court of competent jurisdiction. See
Jay Hymas B-414546: May 23, 2017.
(May 30, 2017)
Incumbent advantage vs.
fostering competition. See
SK Hart Properties, LLC B-414338: May 11, 2017.
(May 30, 2017) Higher-priced, higher technically
rated proposal selected for award, source selection
decision. See Mevacon-NASCO
JV; Encanto Facility Services, LLC B-414329, B-414329.2,
B-414329.3, B-414329.4: May 11, 2017.
(May 24, 2017)
Set aside for SDVOSB, informed business judgment, market
research. See Walker Development & Trading
Group, Inc. B-414365: May 18, 2017. (May 22, 2017) Late proposal, electronic submission. See
Western Star Hospital Authority, Inc. B-414216.2:
May 18, 2017.
(May 22, 2017) Late proposal, Submit Signed Proposa button.
See Tele-Consultants, Inc. B-414135: Feb 27, 2017.
(May 22, 2017)
Competitive 8(a), sole-source procurement, new
requirement. See
GOV
Services, Inc. B-414374: May 11, 2017.
(May 18,
2017) Sole-source procurement, corrective action.
See
General Dynamics Mission Systems,
Inc. B-414587, B-414587.2: May 11, 2017. (May 15,
2017) Salary comparison analysis,
solicitation evaluation methodology.
Dalpar
Corporation B-414285: Apr 24, 2017.
(May 9,
2017)
Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act
of 2006, VA Rule of two. See
AeroSage LLC B-414314, B-414314.2: May
5, 2017.
(May 9,
2017)
Evaluating option pricing. See
Verdi Consulting, Inc.
B-414103.2,B-414103.3,B-414103.4: Apr 26, 2017.
(May 5,
2017)
Commercial Item Status. See
Gichner Systems Group, Inc. B-414287, B-414287.2,
B-414287.3: Apr 27, 2017.
(May 5,
2017)
Impaired objectivity or unfair
competitive advantage. See
A-P-T Research, Inc. B-413731.2: Apr 3, 2017.
(April 26,
2017)
Opportunity to address
adverse past performance information. See
Walden Security; Akal Security, Inc. B-413523.6, B-413523.7, B-413523.8,
B-413523.9: Mar 22, 2017.
(April 25,
2017)
Request for costs. Agency takes longer than
necessary
to initiate corrective action,
agency unduly delays or fails to promptly implement corrective action.
See
American Government Services,
LLC--Costs B-413636.2: Apr 21, 2017.
(April 25,
2017)
Request for costs, statutory or nonstatutory protest.
See Boise Cascade Wood Products,
LLC B-413987.2: Apr 3, 2017.
(April 24,
2017)
Solicitation for a fixed-price
contract. See Fluor Federal
Solutions, LLC B-414223: Mar 29, 2017.
(April 18, 2017)
Clarifications. See
Planning & Learning Technologies, Inc.-- Advisory Opinion, B-413156.23:
Oct 14, 2016.
(April 17, 2017)
Interpretation. See
American
Access, Inc B-414137.3: Apr 11, 2017.
(April 13,
2017)
Unequal access to information.
See Harkcon Inc. B-412936.2: Mar 30, 2017.
(April 11,
2017)
Past performance, relavance.
General Revenue Corporation; Account Control
Technology, Inc.; Williams & Fudge, Inc., et al,
B-414220.2: Mar 27, 2017.
(April 11,
2017)
Material difference between
modified contract and contract originally awarded. See
Zodiac of North America, Inc. B-414260: Mar 28,
2017.
(April
5, 2017)
Press Release GAO Bid Protest:
General Revenue Corp., et al.,
B-414220.2, et al., March 27, 2017. (April 3, 2017)
Signed copy of joint venture
agreement, clarification. See CJW
Desbuild JV, LLC B-414219: Mar 17, 2017. (April 3, 2017)
Tradeoff decision. See
IT Enterprise Solutions JV, LLC B-412036.3: Jan
31, 2017. (April 3, 2017)
Agency’s requirement is reasonably
necessary to meet its needs.
Vanguard
Building LP B-414207, B-414207.2: Mar 21, 2017.
(March 28, 2017)
DCAA verification of accounting system. See
Leader Communications, Inc. B-413104.9: Mar 17, 2017.
(March 27, 2017)
Intergovernmental support agreement, jurisdiction,
procurement contract. See
Red River Waste Solutions, Inc.
B-414367: Mar 21, 2017.
(March 24, 2017)
Past performance, relevance. See
XPO Logistics Worldwide Government Services, LLC,
B-412628.6, B-412628.7: Mar 14, 2017.
(March 22,
2017)
Price realism analysis. See
American Access, Inc. B-414137, B-414137.2: Feb 28, 2017.
(March 9,
2017)
Restrictive specification. See
Remote Diagnostic Technologies, LLC B-413375.4,
B-413375.5: Feb 28, 2017.
(March 9,
2017)
Technical evaluation. See Construction
Services Group, Inc. B-412343.3: Feb 27, 2017.
(March 7,
2017)
FAR subpart 8.4, tradeoff decision.
See Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC B-413464,
B-413464.2: Nov 4, 2016 (March 7,
2017)
Exception to competition. See
EBSCO Industries, Inc. B-414150: Mar
2, 2017 (March 6,
2017)
Past performance, disparate evaluation.
See
CSR, Inc.
B-413973, B-413973.2: Jan 13, 2017
(March 3,
2017)
Restrictive specifications
See Pitney Bowes,
Inc. B-413876.2: Feb 13, 2017.
(March 1,
2017)
Brand name or equal, waiver of salient
characteristic. See
Glem Gas S.p.A. B-414179: Feb 23,
2017.
(February 27,
2017)
Cost realism analysis. See
Smartronix, Inc. B-413721.2: Feb
22, 2017.
(February 27,
2017)
Cost realism analysis, adjustments to
cost proposal, most, most probable cost. See
Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc. B-414056, B-414056.2, B-414056.: Jan 31,
2017. (February
14,
2017)
Cost adjustment, direct labor rates, application of
a standard deviation methodology, labor categories skewed standard
deviation, prejudice. See Noblis, Inc.
B-414055: Feb 1, 2017.
(February 13,
2017)
Independent government estimate,
unreasonable high bids. See
4H Construction Corporation B-413558.4: Feb 8, 2017.
(February 10,
2017)
FAR provision 52.222‑46, price
realism analysis. See MicroTechnologies,
LLC B-413091.4: Feb 3, 2017.
(February 9,
2017)
Duty to seek clarification. See
Alltech Engineering Corp. B-414002.2: Feb 6,
2017.
(February 8,
2017)
Redaction of offeror's identity.
See Soliel, LLC B-414060: Jan 26, 2017.
(February 8,
2017)
Conditional pricing. See
Omnicell, Inc. B-414021, B-414021.2: Jan 23,
2017.
(February 3,
2017)
Procurement Integrity Act Investigation.
See
Concurrent Technologies Corporation B-412795.2, B-412795.3: Jan 17,
2017.
(January 31,
2017)
Experience of offeror, not its
subcontractors. See Desbuild
Inc. B-413613.2: Jan 13, 2017.
(January 30,
2017)
Outside the scope of ID/IQ
contract. See Threat
Management Group, LLC B-413729: Dec 21, 2016.
(January 26,
2017)
Price evaluation, unbalanced pricing.
See Crown Point Systems
B-413940,B-413940.2: Jan 11, 2017.
(January 20,
2017)
Canceling an existing solicitation.
See
Walker
Development & Trading Group, Inc. B-413924: Jan 12, 2017.
(January 16,
2017)
Highest technically rated offerors with a fair and
reasonable price source selection process. See
Sevatec, Inc.; InfoReliance Corporation;
Enterprise Information Services, Inc.; Buchanan & Edwards, Inc.
B-413559.3, B-413559.4, B-413559.6, B-413559.7: Jan 11, 2017.
(January 12,
2016)
Federal Supply Schedule, market research.
See Phoenix Environmental Design, Inc. B-413833: Jan
5, 2017.
(January 10,
2016)
Restrictive provisions. See
Sumaria Systems, Inc. B-413508.2: Dec 29, 2016.
(January 10,
2016)
Competitive range determination. See
AMEC-Gilbane, JV B-413778, B-413778.2: Dec 22,
2016.
(January 5, 2016)
Subcontractor's past performance. See
Global Science & Technology, Inc. B-413765,
B-413765.2: Dec 22, 2016.
(January 5, 2016)
Lowest-priced, technically acceptable, competitive
range. See Environmental Restoration,
LLC B-413781: Dec 30, 2016.
(January 4, 2016)Late electronically transmitted
proposal. See
Washingtonian
Coach Corporation B-413809: Dec 28, 2016.
(December
29, 2016)
Restrictive provisions. See
Evolver Inc.;
Armed Forces Services Corporation B-413559.2, B-413559.8:
Dec 21, 2016.
(December
28, 2016)
Conversion of best value to lowest
price, technically acceptable selection. See
Patriot Solutions, LLC B-413779:
Dec 22, 2016.
(December
27, 2016)
Neutral rating. See
Xtreme Concepts Inc B-413711:
Dec 19, 2016.
(December
27, 2016)
Costs, corrective action, undue
delay, clearly
meritorious protest.
See
Technatomy Corporation; Octo
Consulting Group, Inc.--Costs B-413116.49, B-413116.50: Dec 14, 2016.
(December
20, 2016)
Items on schedule contract. See
T. S. Marshall & Associates, Inc. B-413854: Dec 15,
2016.
(December
20, 2016)
Cost Realism Evaluation. See
Target Media Mid Atlantic, Inc. B-412468.6: Dec
6, 2016.
(December
19, 2016)
Agency corrective action,
discussions, limitations on final proposal provisions. See
Deloitte Consulting, LLP
B-412125.6: Nov 28, 2016.
(December 15, 2016)
Low price, Berry Amendment. See
Inspire International B-413798: Dec
8, 2016.
(December 12, 2016)
Responsibility, Certificate of Competency,
technical acceptability. See
AttainX, Inc.; FreeAlliance.com, LLC B-413104.5, B-413104.6: Nov
10, 2016.
(November 30, 2016)
IDIQ protest filed after expiration of GAO's
jurisdiction. See
Analytic Strategies
LLC; Gemini Industries, Inc. B-413758.2, B-413758.3: Nov 28,
2016.
(November 29, 2016)
Price
realism and reasonableness. See
EFW Inc. B-412608, B-412608.2: Apr
7, 2016.
(November 28, 2016)
DFARS discussions on procurements
with an estimated value of $100 million or more. See
Science Applications International Corporation
B-413501, B-413501.2: Nov 9, 2016.
(November 25, 2016)
Past performance references of subcontractor.
See GiaCare and MedTrust JV, LLC
B-407966.4: Nov 2, 2016. (November 23, 2016)
Extension of RFP closing date after
passage of the initial closing date. See
National Disability Rights Network, Inc. B-413528: Nov 16, 2016. (November 21, 2016)
Identity of offeror. See
Kollsman, Inc. B-413485, B-413485.2, B-413485.3:
Nov 8, 2016. (November 21, 2016)
Responsibility determination, Trade Agreements Act.
See Bunzl Distribution California, LLC B-412475.4:
Oct 21, 2016. (November 17, 2016)
Discussions, discussion of price. See
Global Dynamics, LLC B-413313, B-413313.2: Sep
20, 2016. (November 17, 2016)
Flawed evaluation of proposal. See
Glacier Technical Solutions, LLC B-412990.2: Oct
17, 2016.
(November 16, 2016)
Clarification, government's duty to inquire.
See Abacus Technology Corporation; SMS Data
Products Group, Inc. B-413421, B-413421.3, B-413421.5, B-413421.6: Oct
28, 2016.
(November 15, 2016)
Discussions, fair opportunity,
contract provisions. See See
SSI B-413486, B-413486.2: Nov 3,
2016.
(November 14, 2016)
Cost realism evaluation. See
CALNET, Inc. B-413386.2, B-413386.3: Oct 28, 2016.
(November 10, 2016)
Cost/non-cost tradeoff. See
CALNET, Inc.
B-413386.2, B-413386.3: Oct 28, 2016.
(November 10, 2016)
Unequal
Treatment, prejudice. See DRS Network &
Imaging Systems, LLC B-413409, B-413409.2: Oct 25, 2016.
(November 10, 2016)
IDIQ protest filed after expiration of GAO's
jurisdiction. See
Ryan Consulting Group, Inc.
B-414014: Nov 7, 2016.
(November 8, 2016)
Impaired objectivity conflict of interest,
See NCI Information Systems, Inc. B-412870.2: Oct
14, 2016.
(November 8, 2016)
Price realism analysis. See
NCI Information Systems, Inc. B-412870.2: Oct 14,
2016.
(November 8, 2016)
Evaluation inconsistent with the RFP.
See Phoenix Air Group, Inc.
B-412796.2,B-412796.3: Sep 26, 2016.
(November 7, 2016)
Lowest-priced,
technically-acceptable (LPTA) evaluation scheme.
Wittenberg Weiner Consulting, LLC B-413460: Oct
31, 2016
(November 2, 2016)
6-month period of performance.
See Wittenberg
Weiner Consulting, LLC B-413457,
B-413458, B-413459: Oct 31, 2016.
(November 2, 2016)
Material Misrepresentation. See
XYZ Corporation B-413243.2: Oct 18,
2016.
(November 1, 2016)
Simplified acquisition procedures, publicizing contract actions.
See Bluehorse Corporation B-413533: Oct 28, 2016. <
(October 31, 2016)
Past performance, predecessor companies, key
personnel. See Choctaw Staffing
Solutions B-413434: Oct 24, 2016.
(October 26, 2016)
Significant changes in requirements after
award. See Richen Management, LLC
B-409706.3: Oct 24, 2016.
(October 26, 2016)
Bid opening,
FAR § 52.214‑7. See Athena
Construction Group, Inc. B-413406, B-413406.2: Oct 21, 2016.
(October 25, 2016)
Definitive responsibility criterion.
See
Areaka Trading & Logistics Company
B-413363: Oct 13, 2016.
(October 19, 2016)
Simplified acquisition, brand name.
See
Phoenix Environmental Design, Inc.
B-413373: Oct 14, 2016.
(October 18, 2016)
Offerors were to provide evidence of past
experience “within a verifiable contractual document." See
ABSG
Consulting, Inc. B-413155.14: Oct 12, 2016.
(October 14, 2016)
8(a) program,
adverse impact
determination. See B&D Consulting, Inc.
B-413310, B-413310.2, B-413310.3: Sep 30, 2016.
(October 10, 2016)
Selection of a lower-rated,
lower-priced proposal. See Heartland
Technology Group, LLC B-412402.2: Sep 29, 2016.
(October 6, 2016)
Misleading discussions, discussion letter,
alternative responses. See Engineering
Design Technologies, Inc. B-413281: Sep 21, 2016.
(October 3, 2016)
Past performance, disparate treatment. See
Halbert Construction Company, Inc. B-413213:
Sep 8, 2016.
(October 3, 2016)
Past performance, predecessor company.
See Davis Strategic Innovations, Inc.
B-413305: Sep 26, 2016.
(September 28, 2016)
Vague and undefined requirements.
See Al Raha Group for Technical
Services B-412963.3: Sep 19, 2016.
(September 26, 2016)
Small Business set-aside. See
InfoReliance Corporation B-413298:
Sep 19, 2016.
(September 21, 2016)
Responsibility determination, merger
transaction. See Engility
Corporation B-413202, B-413202.2: Sep 2, 2016.
(September 21, 2016)
Offeror’s responsibility to submit a
well written proposal. See Independent
Systems, Inc. B-413246: Sep 15, 2016.
(September 19, 2016)
Solicitation's salient
characteristics had been copied from a website without consideration
they reflected agency’s needs. See
Medfinity LLC B-413450: Sep 9, 2016.
(September 19, 2016)
Timeliness, protest filed after agency level
protest. See Medfinity
LLC B-413450: Sep 9, 2016.
(September 19, 2016)
Dismissal of protest before a court regardless of
whether the protest issues are identical. See
Colleague Consulting, LLC--Reconsideration
B-413156.18: Sep 12, 2016.
(September 19, 2016)
Required
certifying statement.
See
govSolutions,
Inc. B-413166.3: Sep 2, 2016.
(September 13, 2016)
Solicitation requirements of program
manager. See
Professional Service Industries, Inc. B-412721.2,
B-412721.3, B-412721.4: Jul 21, 2016.
(September 5, 2016)
Cost/price evaluation scheme.
See CACI, Inc.-Federal; Booz Allen
Hamilton, Inc. B-413028, B-413028.2, B-413028.3: Aug 3,
2016.
(September 5, 2016)
Correct Price Worksheet. See
Federal Management Partners, Inc.
B-413155.7, B-413155.13: Aug 30, 2016.
(September 2, 2016)
Offertor taking exception to the
solicitation’s requirements. See Kratos
Defense & Rocket Support Services, Inc. B-413143,B-413143.2: Aug 23, 2016.
(August 31, 2016)
NAICS code in its System for Award
Management missing. See Veterans
Electric, LLC B-413198: Aug 26, 2016. (August 29,
2016)
Challenge to the terms of
the solicitation, timeliness. See
Choctaw Staffing Solutions, Inc. B-412152.3: Aug 24, 2016.
(August 29, 2016)
Employee compensation plan. See
MicroTechnologies, LLC B-413091,B-413091.2: Aug
11, 2016. (August 29, 2016)
Timeliness. See T.W.
LaQuay Marine, LLC v. U. S. and JAR Assets,
Inc. No. 16-544C, August 16, 2016.
(August 25, 2016)
Price evaluation, unbalanced pricing.
See Marine Terminals Corporation-East,
Inc. B-410698.9: Aug 4, 2016.
(August 24, 2016)
Sanctions against a protester, vexatious
protesting. See Latvian
Connection LLC B-413442: Aug 18, 2016.
(August 22, 2016)
Past performance,
performance on contracts similar in
size, scope, and complexity. See
Rotech Healthcare, Inc. B-413024, B-413024.2, B-413024.3: Aug
17, 2016.
(August 18, 2016)
Consensus evaluation
document, bias. See Vehicle
Data Science, Inc. B-413205, B-413205.2: Aug 15, 2016.
(August 17, 2016)
Cancellation of solicitation,
in-house performance. See
Inalab Consulting, Inc.; Solutions by Design II, LLC
B-413044, B-413044.2, B-413044.3: Aug 4, 2016.
(August 16, 2016)
Joint venture, awardee did not exist.
See Alutiiq-Banner
Joint Venture B-412952, B-412952.2, B-412952.3,
B-412952.4: Jul 15, 2016.
(August 15, 2016)
Past performance evaluation was
contrary to the solicitation.
Alutiiq-Banner
Joint Venture B-412952, B-412952.2, B-412952.3,
B-412952.4: Jul 15, 2016.
(August 15, 2016)
Best Value decision is flawed.
See Arcadis U.S., Inc. B-412828: Jun
16, 2016.
(August 15, 2016)
Brief statements in its proposal
were limited. See
Microwave Monolithics, Inc.
B-413088: Aug 11, 2016.
(August 15, 2016)
Ineligible for base access,
responsibility. See Sohail
Global Group B-413132: Aug 9, 2016.
(August 11, 2016)
Biased Ground Rules OCI, Unequal
Access to Information OCI. See
Systems Made Simple, Inc. B-412948.2: Jul 20, 2016.
(August 8, 2016)
Assessing the compatibility of an
offeror’s proposed costs with proposal scope and effort.
See Valor Healthcare, Inc.
B-412960, B-412960.2: Jul 15, 2016.
(August 5, 2016)
Reevaluation, evaluators' scoring,
revised proposal. See ASRC
Communications, Ltd. B-412093.4: Jul 1, 2016.
(August 5, 2016)
Efficient competition. See
The
COGAR Group, Ltd. B-413004, B-413004.3, B-413004.4: Jul
22, 2016.
(August 1, 2016)
Expression of “price,” reasonably
accurate information concerning the relative total cost or
price. See Veterans
Evaluation Services, Inc.; Logistics Health, Inc.; Medical
Support Los Angeles, a Medical Corporation B-412940,
B-412940.2, et al.
(July 25, 2016)
Unequal access to information.
See Millennium Corporation, Inc.
B-412866: Jul 14, 2016.
(July 21, 2016)
Past performance, relevant,
solicitation criteria. See
Delfasco, LLC B-409514.3: Mar 2, 2015.
(July 19, 2016)
Late quote, email system, retention
of agency e-mail. See Blue
Glacier Management Group, Inc. B-412897: Jun 30, 2016.
(July 18, 2016)
Personal Conflict of Interest, Biased
Ground Rules OCI, Unequal Access to
Information OCI. See BAE Systems Technology
Solutions & Services, Inc. B-411810.3: Jun 24, 2016.
(July 11,
2016)
Interested party. See
East West, Inc. B-412719.2, B-412719.3,
B-412719.4: Jun 21, 2016.
(July 11,
2016)
Price realism analysis. See
Arctic Slope Mission Services, LLC B-412851,
B-412851.2: Jun 21, 2016. (July
7,
2016)
Cost realism analysis, outdated cost data, time
period between cost realism analysis and task order issuance.
See Trandes Corporation B-411742.5: Jun 22,
2016. (July 5,
2016)
Exceptions to requirements. See
Level 3
Communications LLC B-412854, B-412854.3, B-412854.4: Jun 21, 2016.
(July 5,
2016)
Brand name or equal, salient characteristics.
See
Pitney Bowes, Inc. B-412185.2,
B-412185.3, B-412186.2, B-412186.3: May 6, 2016.
(June 29, 2016)
Federal Supply Schedule contract, blanket
purchase agreement, out-of-scope. See
Tempus Nova, Inc. B-412821: Jun 14, 2016.
(June 27, 2016)
Unclear requirement. See
Air Center Helicopters, Inc. B-412789,
B-412789.3, B-412790, B-412790.3: Jun 2, 2016.
(June 27, 2016)
Meaningful discussions, high price. See
AAR Airlift Group, Inc. B-412789.2,
B-412790.2: Jun 2, 2016.
(June 27, 2016)
Brooks Act, A/E services. See
AMEL Technologies, Inc. B-412587.2: Jun 20, 2016.
(June 22, 2016)
Restrictive provision. See
Nexagen Networks, Inc. B-411209.7: Jun 20,
2016. (June 21, 2016)
Items included on schedule contract. See
KPMG LLP; Deloitte Consulting LLP;
PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector LLP B-412732, B-412732.2,
B-412732.3, B-412732.4, B-412732.5, B-412732.6, B-412732.7: May 23,
2016. (June 14, 2016)
Material misrepresentation, contract termination,
exclusion from competition. See
Patricio Enterprises Inc. B-412738, B-412738.2: May 26, 2016.
(June 13, 2016)
Price excessiveness determination, Cargo
Preference Act. See TransAtlantic Lines,
LLC B-411846.3, B-411846.4: May 18, 2016.
(June 10, 2016)
Corrective action, protest costs. See
Fluor Energy Technology Services,
LLC--Costs B-411466.3: Jun 7, 2016. (June 9, 2016)
Page limitations, compressing line spacing.
See DKW Communications, Inc. B-412652.3,
B-412652.6: May 2, 2016. (June 8, 2016)
Cancellation of solicitation. See
SupplyCore Inc. B-411015.8: May 27, 2016.
(June 7, 2016)
Past performance, relevance, mechanical
formula. See Patricio Enterprises Inc.
B-412740, B-412740.3, B-412740.4: May 26, 2016.
(June 6, 2016)
Jurisdiction, contract administration.
See
Discover Technologies LLC
B-412773, B-412773.2: May 27, 2016. (June 3, 2016)
Proposal evaluation, experience, key
personnel. See Dee Monbo, CPA
B-412820: May 23, 2016.
(June 3, 2016)
Commercial items, conducting market
research. See
Palantir USG, Inc. B-412746: May 18, 2016.
(May 31, 2016)
Cost for filing at GAO when case was at
COFC. See
Dellew Corporation B-410159.4:
Feb 26, 2016.
(May 31, 2016)
Service-disabled veteran-owned
small business sole-source award. See
Fiskars Brands, Inc., dba Gerber
Legendary Blades B-412730, B-412730.2: May 20, 2016.
(May 26, 2016)
Low price, price realism analysis. See
URS Federal
Services, Inc. B-412580, B-412580.2: Mar 31, 2016.
(May 25, 2016)
Indirect rates, cost realism. See
Oasis Systems,
LLC; Quantech Services, Inc. B-408227.10, B-408227.11, B-408227.12:
Apr 28, 2016.
(May
23, 2016)
Failure to acknowledge a material
amendment. TTCC, Inc. B-412874: May 17,
2016.
(May
23, 2016)
Other transactions. See
MorphoTrust USA, LLC B-412711: May 16,
2016.
(May 20, 2016)
Proposal evaluation, key personnel.
See
Deloitte Consulting,
LLP B-412125.2, B-412125.3: Apr 15, 2016 (pdf)
(May 17, 2016)
Costs. See
Federal
Builders, LLC-The James R. Belk Trust--Costs B-409952.3:
May 6, 2016.
(May 13, 2016)
Using Federal Supply Schedules,
misleading discussions. See
Paragon Technology Group, Inc. B-412636, B-412636.2: Apr
22, 2016. (May 11, 2016)
Unbalanced pricing. See
Al-Tahouna Al-Ahliah General
Trading & Contracting Company, WLL; Wadi Al-Sajaa Scrap &
Metal Waste Trading Company, LLC; Royal Bridge
International General Trading & Contracting Company, WLL
B-412769, B-412769.2, B-412769.3: May 9, 2016.
(May 11, 2016)
Protester's failure to clearly
demonstrate in its quote.
See Encentric,
Inc. B-412368.3: Apr 19, 2016.
(May 9, 2016)
Unstated evaluation criterion.
See Ascella Technologies Inc.
B-412679, B-412679.2: Apr 27, 2016.
(May 9, 2016)
Costs, clearly meritorious challenge,
severed costs. See Debcon,
Inc.--Costs B-412298.3: Apr 26, 2016.
(May 9, 2016)
Meaningful discussions,
failure to raise significant
issue. See Crowley Logistics, Inc.
B-412628.2, B-412628.3, B-412628.4: Apr 19, 2016.
(May 3, 2016)
Source evaluation, documentation. See
M7 Aerospace LLC B-411986, B-411986.2: Dec
1, 2015.
(May 2, 2016)
Limitations on subcontracting. See
Express
Medical Transporters, Inc. B-412692: Apr 20, 2016.
(April 27, 2016)
Prejudice. See
Odyssey Marketing Group, Inc.
B-412695,B-412695.2: Apr 21, 2016.
(April 27, 2016)
Small business set-aside. See
Latvian
Connection, LLC B-412701: Apr 22, 2016.
(April 26, 2016)
Exercise of option. See
InGenesis, Inc. B-412101.2: Mar 28, 2016.
(April 19, 2016)
Price realism, fair and reasonable price.
See Salient Federal Solutions, Inc.
B-410174.3, B-410174.4: Apr 1, 2016.
(April 18, 2016)
Proprietary information. See
Centerra Group, LLC B-412271.2, B-412271.3: Feb 26, 2016.
(April 7, 2016)
A&E Services, qualifications statements.
See AMEL Technologies, Inc. B-412611: Apr 1, 2016.
(April 5, 2016)
Restrictive provisions. See
Parcel 49C Limited Partnership B-412552,
B-412552.2, B-412552.3: Mar 23, 2016.
(April 4, 2016)
Sole-source bridge contract.
See American Systems Corporation B-412501.2,
B-412501.3: Mar 18, 2016.
(March 29, 2016)
Fixed price contract, cost realism analysis.
See Southeastern Kidney Council B-412538: Mar
17, 2016.
(March 28, 2016)
Competition, prime contractor experience.
See Diversity Marketing and Communications, LLC
B-412196.2: Mar 9, 2016.
(March 28, 2016)
Brooks Act, A&E for construction of building, A&E for naval
architecture. See Tridentis LLC B-412539:
Mar 18, 2016.
(March 22, 2016)
Anticipated number of awards, possibility
of expanded number of awards. See
National
Air Cargo Group, Inc. B-411830.2: Mar 9, 2016
(March 19, 2016)
Source selection, documentation. See
Sterling Medical Corporation B-412407,
B-412407.2: Feb 3, 2016.
(March 11, 2016)
Displaying notice of the solicitation. See Sterling
Medical Corporation B-412407, B-412407.2: Feb 3, 2016.
(March 9, 2016)
Unacceptable quote, key personnel.
See
DigitalSpec,
LLC B-412344: Jan 20, 2016.
(March 2, 2016)
Corrective action. See
American Warehouse Systems, LLC B-412543:
Mar 1, 2016.
(March 2, 2016)
NAICS code in solicitation. See
SRD Architects B-412498: Feb 26, 2016.
(February
29, 2016)
Unequal treatment. See
Arctic Slope Mission Services, LLC B-410992.5,
B-410992.6: Jan 8, 2016.
(February
29, 2016)
Unequal discussions. See
SRA International, Inc. B-410973,
B-410973.2: Apr 8, 2015.
(February
29, 2016)
Service-disabled veteran-owned small
business, rule-of-two, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity
contract. See
Spur Design, LLC B-412245.3: Feb
24, 2016.
(February
26, 2016)
Reevaluation after Multiple Corrective
Actions, new evaluation team. See
MILVETS Systems Technology, Inc.
B-409051.7, B-409051.9: Jan 29, 2016.
(February
24, 2016)
Latent ambiguity, experience. See
RELI Group, Inc. B-412380: Jan 28, 2016.
(February
19, 2016)
Impaired objectivity Organizational Conflict
of Interest. See ASM Research B-412187: Jan
7, 2016. (February
16, 2016)
Corporate Restructuring. See
Dell
Services Federal Government, Inc., B-412340, B-412340.2, B-412340.3: Jan
20, 2016.
(February
15, 2016)
Exchanges that may take place, discussions.
See Cascadian American Enterprises B-412208.3
,B-412208.4: Feb 5, 2016.
(February
10, 2016)
License at time of proposal
submission, on record . . . prior to performance, meaning
of solicitation language. See McLaurin
General Maintenance, Inc. B-411443.2, B-411443.3: Jan 14, 2016.
(February 8, 2016)
Deficiency in initial proposal
remained after evaluation of final proposal revision. See
ASRC Communications, Ltd. B-412093, B-412093.2:
Dec 23, 2015.
(February 8, 2016)
Price/technical tradeoff analysis.
See Diversified Technology & Services of
Virginia, Inc. B-412090.2, B-412090.3: Dec 16, 2015.
(February 8, 2016)
Customary commercial practice. See
Red River
Waste Solutions, LP B-411760.2: Jan 20, 2016.
(February 4, 2016)
FAR § 8.405-2, unreasonable
source selection decision. See
Castro & Company, LLC B-412398: Jan 29, 2016.
(February 4, 2016)
Federal Supply Schedule, price list, labor
category that was not qualified to perform the RFQ requirements.
See
AllWorld Language Consultants, Inc. B-411481.3: Jan 6, 2016.
(February 1, 2016)
Expiration of the
Federal Supply Schedule
contract, task order period, task order options.
See
AllWorld Language Consultants, Inc. B-411481.3: Jan 6, 2016.
(February 1, 2016)
FAR clause 52.219‑14, limitations on
subcontracting, not in solicitation. See NCS/EML
JV, LLC, B-412277, B-412277.2, B-412277.3: Jan 14, 2016.
(January 29, 2016)
Unbalanced pricing. See
Ultimate Concrete, L.L.C. B-412255, B-412255.2: Jan
13, 2016. (January 26, 2016)
FAR subpart 8.4, price realism analysis.
See
Tiber Creek
Consulting, Inc. B-411550.4, B-411550.5: Jan 6, 2016.
(January 25, 2016)
Sealed bidding,
mistake in bid. See
Ultimate Concrete, L.L.C. B-412255,
B-412255.2: Jan 13, 2016.
<(January 25, 2016)
Indefinite-delivery
contracts, pricing. See DLT Solutions, Inc.
B-412237, B-412237.2, B-412237.3: Jan 11, 2016.
(January 25, 2016)
Unreasonable techical evaluation. See
Export 220Volt, Inc. B-412303.2: Jan 20,
2016.
(January 22, 2016)
Corporate experience, affiliate. See
Deloitte Consulting, LLP; Booz Allen
Hamilton, Inc.; CALIBRE Systems, Inc. B-411884, B-411884.2,
B-411884.3, B-411884.4, B-411884.5, B-411884.6: Nov 16, 2015.
(January
15, 2016)
Limitations on subcontracting, Veterans
Administration Acquisition Regulation clause 852.219-10. See
Geiler/Schrudde & Zimmerman B-412219,
B-412219.2, B-412219.3: Jan 7, 2016.
(January 13, 2016)
Late proposal, submission in accordance with
solicitation. See Advanced Decisions
Vectors, Inc. B-412307: Jan 11, 2016.
(January 13, 2016)
Timeliness of protest. See
Suntek Systems, Inc. B-412265: Dec 22,
2015.
(January 6, 2016)
Price realism analysis, CLINs.
See B&B Medical
Services, Inc.; Ed Medical, Inc. B-409705.7, B-409705.8: Dec 8, 2015.
(January 6, 2016)
Cancellation of solicitation, ambiguous, tiered
evaluation. See Sealift, Inc.
B-412041.2: Dec 30, 2015.
(January 5, 2016)
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Court of Federal Claims
Preliminary injunction. See
Veterans Contracting Group, Inc., vs. U. S., No.
17-1015C, August 29, 2017.
(August
30, 2017)
Agency's corrective action was to broad.
See Dell Federal Systems, L.P and Plaintiff
Blue Tech Inc., Iron Bow Technologies LLC et al v. U. S. and Alphasix
Corp et al, Nos. 17-465C, 17-473C, July 13, 2017.
(July 17, 2017)
Restrictive provisions. See
Cleveland Assets, LLC v. U. S., No. 17-277C,
June 1, 2017. (June 5, 2017)
Veterans Benefits Act of 2006 Rule of Two,
Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act. See PDS
Consultants, Inc. v. U. S. and Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind,
No. 16-1063C, May 30, 2017. (May 31, 2017)
Scope of corrective action. See
Harmonia
Holdings Group, LLC v. U. S. and Java Productions, Inc., No. 17-86C, May
23, 2017.
(May 31, 2017)
Responsibility determination. See
Vintage Autoworks, Inc. v. U. S., No. 17-123,
May 18, 2017.
(May 31, 2017)
FAR 8.4, "meaningful" discussions.
See Concourse Group, LLC, v. U. S.
and RER Solutions, LLC, No. 17-129C, April 27, 2017.
(May 8,
2017)
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Costs, corrective action, COFC opinion reversed.
See Dellew Corporation v. U. S. and Tech
Systems, Inc., No. 2016-2304, May 1, 2017.
(May 2, 2017)
Court of Federal Claims
Limitations on Subcontracting,
sanctions, administrative record. See
Gallup, Inc. v. U. S., No.
16-1656C, April 25, 2017.
(April 27,
2017)
Interpretation. See
Greenland Contractors I/S v. U. S. and
Exelis Services A/S, No. 15-272C, April 12, 2017.
(April 13,
2017)
Costs, plus an upward adjustment of
the statutorily-set hourly rate. See
Starry Associates, Inc. v. U.
S., No. 16-44C April 10, 2017.
(April 12,
2017)
Corrective action. See
Jacobs
Technology Inc. v. U. S. and TRAX International
Corporation; TRAX International Corporation v. U. S. and
Jacobs Technology Inc., Nos. 16-1602C & 17-88C, April 7,
2017.
(April
10, 2017)
Temporary injunction. See
Continental Services Group,
Inc. v. U. S., No. 17-449, March 29, 2017.
(April
5, 2017)
Communications with offerors before establishment of the competitive
range. See Rivada Mercury,
LLC v. U. S. and AT&T Corp., No. 16-1559C, March 31, 2017.
(April 3, 2017)
Sanctions; government's duty of
candor to the court. See Level 3
Communications, LLC v. U. S. and Verizon Deutschland GmbH, No. 16-829,
March 16, 2017.
(March 20,
2017)
Failure to timely raise
organizational conflict of interest claim. See
Concourse
Group LLC v. U. S. and RER Solutions, Inc., No. 17-129C, March 13, 2017
(March 14,
2017)
Price realism analysis.
See
Limco
Airepair, Inc. v. U. S. and Wall Colmonoy Corporation,
No. 16-1576C, February 15, 2017
(February 24,
2017)
Unbalanced pricing. See
Munilla Construction
Management, LLC v. U. S. and Seaward Services, Inc., No.
16-1684C, February 15, 2017.
(February
16,
2017)
Agency failed to conduct a proper
Price Realism Analysis. See Active
Network, LLC v. U.S. and Booz Allen Hamilton, No. 16-1071C, February 14,
2017.
(February 14,
2017)
Price realism analysis. See
System
Dynamics International, Inc. v U. S. and Cruz Associates, Inc., No.
16-710 C, February 7, 2017.
(February 9,
2017)
Misleading discussions, price realism, offeror's
business judgment, patent ambiguity, timeliness. See Global
Dynamics, LLC v. U. S. and Loyal Source Government Services, No.
16-1311C, January 25, 2017.
(January 27,
2017)
Overhead costs,
cost realism analysis. See
IT Shows, Inc., v
U. S. and Social Solutions International, Inc. No. 16-1259C January 17,
2017.
(January 19,
2017)
Untimely protest. See
York Telecom Company v. U. S., No. 15-489C,
January 13, 2017.
(January 18,
2017)
Temporary restraining order. See
Munilla Construction Management, LLC v, U. S.
Seaward Services, Inc. No. 16-1684C, January 10, 2017.
(January 11,
2016)
Opportunity to cure its error,
discretionary, not mandatory.
See
Strategic
Business Solutions, Inc. v. U. S., No. 16-81C, January 3, 2017.
(January 6, 2016)
Contracting officer's duty to inquire. See
Level 3 Communications, LLC v. U. S. and
Verizon Deutschland GmbH, No. 16-829 December 5, 2016.
(December 12, 2016)
Contracting officer
failed to consider an important aspect of the problem.
See Level 3
Communications, LLC v. U. S. and Verizon Deutschland GmbH, No. 16-829
December 5, 2016.
(December 12, 2016)
Court orders agency to provide procurement
records to the DoD Inspector General for investigation into why the
Contracting Officer awarded this contract. See
Level 3 Communications,
LLC v. U. S. and Verizon Deutschland GmbH, No. 16-829 December 5, 2016.
(December 12, 2016)
Source selection plans generally do not give outside
parties any rights. See
Progressive Industries, Inc. v. U. S. and Irish Oxygen, Co., No.
14-1225C, December 6, 2016.
(December 8, 2016)
Price realism analysis. See
Tiber
Creek Consulting Inc. v. U. S. and ArrowPoint Inc., No. 16-236C, December
2, 2016.
(December 6, 2016)
Analysis under FAR § 52.222-46.
See CSC Government Solutions LLC v U.
S. and HP Enterprise Services, LLC, No. 16-1000C, December 2, 2016.
(December 6, 2016)
Award to
offeror without the exact NAICS code.
See Veterans
Electric, LLC v. U. S. No. 16-1113C, November 23, 2016. (November
30, 2016)
Corrective action, agency compliance with corrective
action. See Professional Service
Industries, Inc. v U. S. and Genex Systems, LLC, No. 16-1038C. November
15, 2016.
(November 16, 2016)
Market research, commercial items.
See Palantir USG, Inc. v. U.
S., No. 16-784C November 9, 2016.
(November 14, 2016)
Interpretation of
Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United
States, 136 S.Ct. 1969 (2016). See Great
Southern Engineering, Inc. v. U. S. and K.S. Ware &
Associates, LLC, No. 16-975C, November 4, 2016.
(November 7, 2016)
CICA’s automatic stay provision. See
Favor TechConsulting, LLC v. U. S., No.
16-1365 C, November 3, 2016.
(November 7, 2016)
HUBZone Program and the 35% Residency Requirement,
qualified census tract, redesignated areas. See
Dorado Services, Inc. v. U. S.
and GEO International Management, Inc., No. 16-945C,
October 18, 2016.
(October 24, 2016)
Application of four factors
considered for a temporary restraining order. See
Favor
TechConsulting, LLC v. U. S., No. 16-1365 C, October 19,
2016.
(October 21, 2016)
Biased Ground Rules Organizational Conflict
of Interest. See AEgis Technologies Group,
Inc. v. U. S. and Cole Engineering Services, Inc., No. 16-863C, September
28, 2016.
(October 3, 2016)
Prejudice. See
McConnell Jones Lanier &
Murphy, LLP v. U. S., No. 15-1351C, September 23, 2016.
(September 26, 2016)
Qualification, testing. See
TAT Technologies, LTD v. U. S.
and Wall Colmonoy Corporation, No. 16-540C, September 22,
2016.
(September 26, 2016)
Cost Realism Analysis. See
Dellew Corporation v U. S. and Tech Systems,
Inc., No. 16-671 C, September 22, 2016.
(September 23, 2016)
Technical evaluation of proposals, handling minority
evaluator opinions. See InSpace 21 LLC
v U. S. and Range Generation Next, No. 15-364, September 7, 2016.
(September 12, 2016)
Timeliness, pre-award, post-award, before GAO. See
Palantir Technologies Inc. and
Palantir USG, Inc., v U. S. No. 16-784C, August 22, 2016.
(September 12, 2016)
Number of IDIQ awards in accordance with
solicitation. See National Air Cargo
Group, Inc. v. U. S. and United Air Lines, Inc., No. 16-362C,
August 26, 2016. (August 29, 2016)
Injunctive relief, pending appeal. See
Lawson Environmental Services, LLC, v.
U. S. No. 15-1550C, August 16, 2016.
(August 22, 2016)
Standing, non-trivial competitive injury.
See SOS International LLC v.
U. S. and Six3 Intelligence Solutions, Inc, No. 16-317C,
August 8, 2016.
(August 10, 2016)
Material misrepresentations. See
Algese 2 s.c.a.r.l.v. United States and
Louis Berger Aircraft Services, Inc., No. 15-1279C July 29, 2016.
(August 1, 2016)
Cancellation of solicitation. See
Starry Associates, Inc. v. U. S., No.
16-44C, July 27, 2016.
(July 28, 2016)
Past performance, somewhat relevant, involved
some of the magnitude of effort and complexities. See
Dynamic Systems
Technology, Inc. v. U. S. and Interactive Government Holdings,
Inc., No. 16-353C July 18, 2016.
(July 19, 2016)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Bidders "not be registered as a
subsidiary of [a] foreign [i.e., non-Danish] company. See
Copenhagen Arctic A/S, Greenland
Contractors I/S v U. S., Exelis Services A/S, 2015-5111, 2015-5112,
2015-5135, 2015-5143, June 26, 2016.
(July 13,
2016)
Task order, contract, option. See
Coast Professional Inc., National
Recoveries, Inc., Pioneer Credit Recovery, Inc., Enterprise Recovery
Systems, Inc. v. U. S., et al. 2015-5077, July 12, 2016.
(July 13,
2016)
Court of Federal Claims
Unbalanced pricing. See
Ultimate Concrete, LLC v U. S.
and Fortis Networks, Inc., No. 16-152C , June 30, 2016.
(July 5,
2016)
Lowest Price Technically Acceptable source
selection process. See Phoenix
Management, Inc. v. U. S. Nos. 16-78C & 16-77C, June 30, 2016.
(July 5,
2016)
Brand name or equal, salient characteristics. See
Pitney Bowes, Inc. B-412185.2,
B-412185.3, B-412186.2, B-412186.3: May 6, 2016.
(June 29, 2016)
Relevant past
performance. See
WorldWide Language Resources, LLC V. U. S. and Mission
Essential Personnel, LLC, No. 16-424C June 22, 2016.
(June 27, 2016)
U. S. Supreme Court
SDVOSB, Rule of Two. See
Kingdomware Technologies, Inc., v. U.
S., 579 U. S. ____ (2016), June 16, 2016. (June 17, 2016)
Court of Federal Claims
Best value
tradeoff analysis, conversion to
lowest-priced technically acceptable. See
Spectrum Comm, Inc.’s v. U. S. and Jacobs
Technology, Inc., No. 16-348C May 26, 2016.
(June 6, 2016)
Past
performance, relevance. See
Wallace Asset Management, LLC v. U. S. and
BLM Companies, LLC, No. 15-1527C, May 31, 2016. (June 3,
2016)
Past
performance, key personnel. See
Res Rei Development, Inc. v. U. S. and
St Michael's Inc. and Federal Acquisition Services Team, LLC., No.
15-1256C, May 17, 2016. (May 18, 2016)
Blanket purchase agreements.
See
MSC Industrial Direct Co.,
Inc. v. U. S. and W.W. Grainger, Inc., No. 15-1409C, May 6, 2016
(pdf)
(May 13, 2016)
Meaningful discussions. See
Q Integrated Companies, LLC v. U. S.
and Sage Acquisitions, LLC, No. 16-101C, April 28, 2016.
(April 29, 2016)
Standing,
successor-in-interest. See
Universal Protection Service, LP V. U.
S. and Command Security Corporation, No. 16-126C, April 26, 2016.
(April 28, 2016)
Interested party, standing, neutral past
performance rating. See Braseth
Trucking, LLC’s v. U. S., No. 15-837C/15-844C April 25, 2016.
(April 26, 2016)
Interested party. See
REO Solution, LLC v. U. S. and
Sage Acquisitions, LLC, No. 16-296C, April 21, 2016.
(April 25, 2016)
Service disabled veteran-owned small
business set aside. See Geo-Med,
LLC v. U. S. and Manus Medical, LLC v. U. S., Nos. 16-182C & 16-183C,
April 20, 2016. (April 25, 2016)
Restraining order, preliminary injunction. See
Wallace Asset Management, LLC v. U.
S. and BLM Companies, LLC, No. 15-1527C, April 20, 2016.
(April 21, 2016)
Agency Bias, Court's decision to allow
deposition od agency personnel.. See
Starry Associates, Inc. v. U. S. No.
16-44C, April 5, 2015.
(April 11, 2016)
Materiality
of deficiencies. See
Prescient, Inc. v. U. S. and Matt Martin Real Estate Management LLC,
No. 16-109C.
(April 7, 2016)
Size standards. See
Orion Construction Corporation v. U. S.,
No. 15-1505C, April 1, 2016.
(April 4, 2016)
Responsibility determination. See
Remington Arms Company, LLC v. u. s. and
Colt Defense LLC and FN America, LLC, No. 15-1425C, March 30, 2016.
(April 1, 2016)
Clarification.
See Constellation West, Inc. v.
U. S., Nos. 15-876C; 15-923C, March 25, 2016.
(March 31, 2016)
Timliness of
request to intervene. See Excelsior
Ambulance Service, Inc. v. U. S.. No. 15-189C, March 23,
2016.
(March 25, 2016)
Disclosure of incumbent's indirect rate and
fee in solicitation, mitigation. See
DynCorp International, LLC v. U. S.
No. 15-1397C, March 15, 2016.
(March 16, 2016)
Material misstatements. See
Algese 2 s.c.a.r.l. v U. S. and Louis
Berger Aircraft Services, Inc, No. No. 15-1279C, March 14, 2016. (March 15, 2016)
Bundling,
consolidation. See CHE
Consulting, Inc. v. U. S., No. 15-1244C, March 2, 2016.
(March 3, 2016)
Manufactures, federal supply schedule. See
AvKARE, Inc. v. U. S. No. 15-1015C,
February 25, 2016.
(February
26, 2016)
"Late is late” rule, instructions for
submission of electronic proposal. See
Johnson
Controls Government Systems, LLC v. U. S., No. 15-1440C, February 19,
2016. (February
23, 2016)
Corrective
action, organizational conflict of interest. See
MacAulay-Brown, Inc. and CACI-WGI,
Inc. and Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. v. U. S. and Jacobs Technology, Inc.,
No. 15-1041C, February 18, 2016.
"Late is late” rule, government control
exception. See
Federal
Acquisition Services Team, LLC v. U. S., No. 15-78C, February
16, 2016.
(February
18, 2016)
Corrective
action. See Dellew
Corporation v. U. S. and Tech Systems, Inc., No. 15-808C,
January 20, 2016.
(February
16, 2016)
Price Reasonableness. See
Caddell Construction Company v. U.
S. and Pernix Group, Inc., No. 15-645C, February 10, 2016.
(February
15, 2016)
SBA's denial of Certificate of Competency.
See Jacqueline R. Sims d/b/a JRS
Staffing Services v. U. S. No. 15-367C, February 3, 2016.
(February
10, 2016)
Jurisdiction, contract administration. See
ITility, LLC, v U. S., No. 15-237C,
January 7, 2016.
(January 20, 2016)
Jurisdiction,
federal agency. See U.S.
Security Associates, Inc. v. U. S. and Securiguard, Inc., No.
15-1197C, January 12, 2016.
(January 18, 2016)
Inadequate
documentation. See FFL
Pro, LLC v. U. S., No. 15-1171C, December 18, 2015.
(December
29, 2015)
Clarifications. See
Excelsior
Ambulance Service, Inc. v. U. S., No. 15-189C December 15, 2015.
(December 16,
2015)
Inadequate
information to reach an opinion on the trade-off
analysis. See Braseth
Trucking, LLC and Corwin Company, Inc. v. U. S., No.
15-837C/15-844C December 14, 2014.
(December 15,
2015)
Congressional approval, leases,
Anti-Deficiency act. See
Springfield Parcel C,
LLC v. U. S. and Eisenhower Real Estate Holdings, LLC, No. 15. 1069C,
November 25, 2015.
(November
30, 2015)
Price realism analysis. See
KWR Construction, Inc. v. U. S., No. No.
15-156C, November 25, 2015.
(November
27, 2015)
Competitive range. See
FCN, Inc. v. U. S., No. 15-833C,
November 6, 2015. (November
12, 2015)
Timeliness, laches, prejudice.
National Telecommuting Institute v. U.
S.,Peckham Vocational Industries and SourceAmerica, No. 15-293C,
October 28, 2015. (November 2, 2015)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
GAO outcome prediction, unequal communications,
cost accounting, corrective action. See
Raytheon Co. v. United States, Lockheed
Martin Corporation, and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, No.
2015-5086, October 23, 2015. (October 26, 2015)
Court of
Federal Claims
Attorneys’ fees and other costs,
prevailing party. See
Advanced Government Solutions, Inc. v. U. S., No. 14-855C,
October 19, 2015. (October 20, 2015)
Bid preparation and proposal costs.
See CMS Contract Mgmt. Servs. et al
v. U. S., Nos. 12-852C, 12-853C, 12-862C, 12-864C, & 12-869C,
September 29, 2015. (October 14, 2015)
Agency did not follow GAO’s recommendation.
See
Caddell
Construction Company v. U. S. and Pernix Group, Inc., No. 15-645C,
October 2, 2015.
(October 5, 2015)
Four factors Court considers for a preliminary
injunction. See Per Aarsleff A/S v U. S.
and Greenland Contractors I/S, No. 15-873C, September 16, 2015.
(September 28, 2015)
Latent defect in solicitation, non-conforming
items, contract madification. See
Schott Government Services, LLC v. U. S. and Oran Safety Glass, Nos.
15-616C, 15-617C, 15-618C, 15-619C, 15-620C, September 17, 2015.
(September 23, 2015)
Justification, Competition in Contracting Act,
OMB Circular A-127 Justification. See
Savantage Financial Services, Inc. v. U. S.,
No. 14-307C, September 3, 2015. (September 8, 2015)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Ostensible subcontractor rule. See
Tinton Falls Lodging Realty, LLC v. U. S.
and DMC Management Services, LLC, No. 2014-5140, September 2, 2015.
(September 8, 2015)
Interested party, actual or prospective bidder,
direct economic interest. See
The Clay Group, LLC vs. U.
S., No. 15-411C, August 31, 2015 (September 2, 2015)
Joint venture, affiliates. See
Inspection Experts, Inc. and
Cityside Management Corp., No. 15-673C, August 25, 2015.
(September 1, 2015)
Potential organizational conflict of
interest. See ViON Corporation v. U.
S. and World Wide Technology, Inc., No. 15-354C, August 10, 2015.
(August 12, 2015)
Jurisdiction, Federal Acquisition Streamlining
Act,
task or delivery order. See
Guam Industrial Services, Inc. v U. S.
and Cabras Marine Corp., No. 15-588C, August 3, 2015.
(August 6, 2015)
Service-disabled veteran-owned small business
concern, classes of stock, Office of Hearings and Appeals. See
Precise
Systems, Inc. v. U. S. and All Points Logistics, LLC and B3 Solutions,
LLC, No. 14-1174C, July 28, 2015.
(July 30, 2015)
Commercial item, period of acceptance of offer.
See WIT Associates, Inc. v. U. S. and Platinum
Services, Inc., No. 15-254C, June 30, 2015. (July 6, 2015)
Corrective action, attorneys’ fees and expenses
of $110,657.59. See WHR Group, Inc.
v. U. S., No. 13-515C, June 29, 2015. (July 6, 2015)
Override of the automatic CICA stay. See
Bannum, Inc. v. U. S. and Dismas Charities,
Inc., No. No. 15-440C, June 15, 2015. (June 24, 2015)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Government Printing Office, legislative agency,
Certificate of Competency Program, government procurement officers,
government contract. See Colonial
Press International, Inc. v. U. S., No. 2014-5036, June 10, 2015.
(June 15, 2015)
Court of Federal Claims
Thule Air Base, international agreement,
eligibility for award. See Per
Aarsleff A/S v. U. S. and Exelis Services A/S, Nos. 15-215C, 15-272C,
and 15-330C, June 5, 2015. (June 8, 2015)
Misleading and unequal discussions, GAO attorney’s conclusion,
agency corrective action. See
Raytheon Company v. U. S. and Lockheed Martin Corporation and Northrop
Grumman Systems Corporation, No. 15-77C, June 2, 2015. (June
8, 2015)
Timeliness, protest of corrective action.
See NVE, Inc. v. U. S. and ACE
Maintenance & Services, Inc., No. 15-111C, May 27, 2015.
(June 8, 2015)
Override of GAO's automatic stay of performance,
national security considerations, bridge contract. See
Charles F. Day & Associates, LLC v. U. S.
and Loyal Source Government Services, No. 15-289C, April 24, 2015.
(April 27, 2015)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Failure to properly exhaust its administrative
remedies. See Palladian Partners,
Inc. v. U. S., No. 2014-5125, April 22, 2015. (April 23,
2015)
Court of Federal Claims
Jurisdiction, award-term extensions,
contract administration. See
Coast Professional, Inc., et al. v. U. S. and Financial
Management Systems, Inc., et al., Nos. 15-207C, 15-242C, 15-249C
and 15-265C, April 22, 2015. (April 23, 2015)
Service-disabled veteran owned small
business concern, ownership, classes of stock, sufficiently
dissimilar. See Precise Systems,
Inc. v. U. S. and All Points Logistics, LLC and B3 Solutions, LLC, No.
14-1174C, April 6, 2015.
(April 8, 2015)
Bond Supported By A Corporate Surety Listed In
Treasury Department Circular 570,
individual surety, irrevocable letter of credit.
See Anthem Builders, Inc. v. U. S., No.
14-1231C, April 6, 2015. (April
8, 2015)
Organizational conflict of interest. See
Monterey Consultants, Inc. v. U. S. and Loch
Harbour Group, Inc., No. 14-1164C, March 26, 2015. (March
30, 2015)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Reversal of lower court opinion,
to the
extent there is any perceived inconsistency between FAR Subpart 8.4
and FAR Part 12, FAR Part 12 controls. See
CGI Federal Inc. v. U. S., No.
2014-5143, March 10, 2015.
(March 11, 2015)
Court of Federal Claims
Contract in writing. See
Northeast Construction, Inc. v. U.
S. No. 14-1076, February 27, 2015. (March 2, 2015)
Discussions. See
Equa Solutions, Inc. v. U. S., No.
14-1214C, February 23, 2015. (February 24, 2015)
Agency delay of award,
restrictive provisions. See
Draken International, Inc. v. U. S. and
Airborne Tactical Advantage Co., LLC, No. 14-1005C, February 13, 2015.
(February 19, 2015)
Standing, small business set-aside, congressional
instructions, joint explanatory statement. See
Adams and Associates, Inc. v. U. S.,
No. 14-1168C, February 10, 2015. (February 17, 2015)
Standing, interested party. See
Universal Marine Co., K.S.C. v. U. S.
and KGL International For Port & Warehousing and Transportation,
K.S.C.C., No. 14-1115C, February 10, 2015.
(February 11, 2015)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Bid and proposal costs, attorney's fees.
See Innovation Development Enterprises of
America, Inc. v. U. S., No. 2014-5070, January 12, 2015.
(January 14, 2015)
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