To be able to decide on whether or not to hire a federal appellate lawyer, you may want to first understand the basics of what is an appeal and what attorneys are supposed to do. The first thing that must settle in your mind is that you simply should not file… Read more »
Federal appeal lawyers help you to navigate through the complex procedural regulations in such a unique area of practices. If you are a party at the federal trial court and you receive and adverse decision, you could potentially have a choice to appeal the decision to a federal court of… Read more »
Avoiding Confusion with FAR Price Reasonableness Determination and Price Realism Analysis Can Make the Difference in GAO Protest Outcomes. Price realism and price reasonableness are evaluation analysis theories that can cause confusion among government contractors when filing a bid protest. Failure to understand the differences between price realism and price reasonableness can… Read more »
Understanding how to navigate LPTA evaluation criteria mistakes can allow you to get a second bite at the apple. Lowest Price Technically Acceptable, lowest price technically acceptable evaluation factors are commonplace when it comes to federal procurement and litigating FAR protests. A common mistake made by contractors when litigating bid protest cases… Read more »
When agencies use their source selection process for evaluation and best value trade-off of technical proposals, the government contract law only allows for reasonable technical proposal and best value trade-off decisions. This occurs during the final stages of a negotiated procurement by comparing competing proposal to each other. When the Agency receives initial proposals,… Read more »
In a GAO bid protest that challenges the agency’s small business set aside decision, contractors would have to focus on facts pertaining to the prior procurement history, the recommendations of appropriate small business specialists, and market surveys that include responses to sources sought announcements. This one reason why government contracting agencies issue… Read more »
Types of Bid Protest Intervention At the U.S. Court of Federal Claims adopts two types of bid protest intervention. They are: intervention as of right or by permission of the court. In either case, you or your attorney must enter the case in a timely fashion. Who May Intervene? As a government… Read more »
Intervening Learning how to intervene and defend in a bid protest at GAO or Court of Federal Claims stems from a standing and litigation strategic plan. Under 4 CFR 21, An intervenor in a bid protest is typically the awardee. There is much litigation on this very issue. Government contractors must take the… Read more »
Not Protesting Government RFPs Early Can Impact Your Proposal Evaluation. As government contractors, you may sometimes run across an RFP that appears vague or even narrowly written for another contractor and you wonder whether you can file a bid protest on those grounds. In other situations, you wonder whether the… Read more »
Although congressional mandates show an increase in total small business set aside procurement, filing a bid protest that challenges the contracting agency’s decision to set aside a procurement for small businesses must be approached with extreme care. The ultimate concern under FAR 19.502 is to understand what exactly is the government contracting agency supposed… Read more »