OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest FAR Guidance Hiring of Former Government Officials If your company hires a former government official, it can be disqualified from a competition based upon the appearance of impropriety which is created by the hire. There is no requirement for an actual impropriety to be shown in… Read more »
Taking corrective action for purposes of an agency protest, means that the Agency has chosen to re-evaluate proposals, re-enter discussions, or some other aspect of the source selection process. Bidders are not always happy with the actual agency corrective action. However, the question becomes what legal avenues are available to the challenge… Read more »
How Do You Know When Government Agencies Conduct Meaningful Evaluation of Proposals? In the GAO bid protest of Prism Maritime, LLC , B-409267.2; B-409267.3, the protestor challenged the Department of the Navy’s lack of meaningful evaluation of proposals under the technical capability and experience factor, and also challenged the Navy’s… Read more »
Under bid protest regulations, meeting the intervenor legal definition in either a COFC or GAO bid protest case can make the difference between keeping company revenues or losing the award in a government protest action. Not just anyone can intervene. About 15% of companies try to intervene but they fail… Read more »
Avoid Costly Legal Mistakes By Not Meeting the Basic Requirements of Government Protest Procedures Complying with the Government protest timeline becomes a tough subject when you put thousands of dollars into developing a bid protest and then you find out that you did not properly apply the government contract protest… Read more »
Filing Pre-Award GAO Protests for Overly Restrictive RFP Requirements As a CEO, you wonder how you can overcome government RFPs with overly restrictive RFP requirements. Whether intentional or not, government contracting agencies sometimes post RFP’s that appear to be too restrictive. Your task is to understand how to overcome this… Read more »
When you as a government contractor decide to file a bid protest that challenges the agency’s LPTA contract evaluation of your proposal, there is a striking difference between a government solicitation that will be evaluated on a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA Government Contracts) source selection process versus a proposal… Read more »
When filing a GAO protest to challenge the award a contract for negotiated contract there is a difference between Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR Part 15 (FAR 15 discussions and clarifications). A successful bid protest can hinge upon your thorough understanding of the subtle differences in the federal acquisition procedures. As its… Read more »
GAO protests based on errors in the government’s technical evaluation criteria of contractor proposals are very common. In order to prevail in a bid protest, a bid protest lawyer will have to show that the agency’s actions were unreasonable. Common approaches to challenging government contract evaluation criteria can range from… Read more »
After submitting your proposal, an exclusion from the competitive range determination letter from the agency creates significant amounts of stress and disappointment. Making sure that your bid is compliant and presents a competitive edge is essential to stand a chance of winning. What is the Competitive Range Determination? The competitive range determination… Read more »