By: Leanna Ajour, Esq. California & Colorado Attorney In addition to overseeing the procurement process, the bid protest process at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) oversees how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. Among other duties, the GAO fulfills this role by investigating allegations of improper actions in solicitations… Read more »
Under the requirements of the government contract protest process at the US Court of Federal Claims. Avoid wasting money on procedural disputes and focus on the merits of the case. In rare circumstances, the court may deny your motion to intervene in a bid protest case if it is too… Read more »
What is The Purpose of Bid Proposal Evaluation Criteria? The purpose of the government’s proposal evaluation criteria is to give the agency’s evaluation team a way to determine which company has submitted a response to a solicitation that best meets the Government’s stated needs. Your contract evaluation criteria also results… Read more »
For government contractors, there are two primary mechanisms to address disputes related to federal government contracts: filing a government protest and filing a Contract Disputes Act (CDA) claim. While both processes aim to resolve disputes related to government contracts, they are distinct and differ in their procedures and outcomes. When… Read more »
Technical proposal writing criteria for federal government contracts can lead to a GAO bid protest on the issue of technical evaluation criteria and the evaluation scoring. You can only prevail in a protest by showing that the agency record fails to demonstrate a reasonable basis for several of the agency’s… Read more »
Contractors frequently find that their technical proposal evaluation contained some level of error. A GAO protest can be sustained if you can show that the agency failed to reasonably evaluate your technical proposal writing risk in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. This aspect of filing can be tricky because… Read more »
A bad past performance evaluation rating can impact your overall chances of getting the ultimate award in government contracting. Many contractors file a bid protest addressing how the government applied its contractor past performance evaluation criteria but fall short of a viable strategy for doing so. The rationale for Performance… Read more »
Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business / SDVOSB certification requirements) decisions for government contracts is becoming a hot item in bid protest litigation. When it comes to Department of Veteran Affairs solicitations for SDVOSB Set Aside Contracts, government contracting agencies sometimes fail to follow statutory requirements for market research. When… Read more »
Unduly restrictive solicitation under the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 can make your government proposal writing efforts more difficult if you don’t understand your rights to protest the Agency’s solicitation. Many government contractors may choose to simply respond to the request for proposal as is without considering whether it is too restrictive…. Read more »
Litigating bid protest for lack of meaningful discussions when bidding with the federal government is still an ongoing problem. When contractors receive debriefings, they sometimes find that discussions held were far from meaningful. A bid protest alleging lack of meaningful discussions must be approached carefully since many agencies attempt to… Read more »