What happened was I kept pushing back on the CO, referencing the FAR and explaining consideration.  The CO took it up her chain and eventually they let it go.  It doesn't help on all my new awards, but I did feel vindicated.

Thanks all!

So, is your victory a meaningful and substantive victory, or a pyrrhic victory?

I wish more participants in the Government contracts arena understood foundational principles, like consideration.  So it is good if your effort helped some participants better understand.  But I know that sometimes, victories come at a cost.

Thank you mtclymer for starting this.  I edited your post to make it look the way I intended it to look.  Now, I can go back to my directions and improve them.

6 hours ago, ji20874 said:

So, is your victory a meaningful and substantive victory, or a pyrrhic victory?

It's always meaningful!  Especially when its contracts basics.  For one, I wish people had spent more time educating me (when smacking me down) earlier in my career, so I take the time and make the effort to help develop others.  And second, every time I have to make an argument, it's always from a slightly different perspective or situation, so I'm really learning it myself too.

Thanks bob7947 for fixing my formatting.