When an agency decides to award sole source contracts, a FAR 6.303 Justification and Approval (J&A) is required as a check and balance to the Competition in Contracting Act requirement that federal contracting agencies must resort to full and open competition procurements. Many contractors often want to challenge the agency’s… Read more »
Small businesses involved in government contracting find themselves excluded from opportunities because of FAR sole source justification contracts. Government contract law allows federal agencies the opportunity to award sole source contracts, so long as the explanation is reasonable and does not violate other regulations. Do Government Sole Source Contracting Justifications Violate… Read more »
After 1997, FAR competitive range requirements are somewhat different. Before, the Agency had to consider whether your proposal stood a reasonable chance of award. However, FAR § 15.306(c)(1) a government contracting agency can exclude your proposal from the competitive range if it is not rated as one of “most highly… Read more »
Government Evaluations of PPIRS Not Always Reasonable Government contractors often contend that agencies do not adequately review the information found in the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS). However, challenging the agency’s evaluation in a bid protest can be a challenge if you do not properly present the legal argument…. Read more »
Avoid the deadliest mistakes when submitting best value bids to the government. One of the most important pieces of information when developing a government RFP response is to understand how the federal government uses the best value source selection and RFP process to decide who wins the contract. Contractors bidding… Read more »
Filing a bid protest based upon allegations that the agency failed to conduct a proper price realism evaluation analysis can be tricky. The reason why government contractors fail in GAO protests is mostly because they find themselves arguing how the agency is supposed to conduct the price realism evaluation. An… Read more »
Protesters often file bid protests challenge a government contracting agency’s past performance evaluation confidence ratings of their proposals. Common concerns include the agency’s assignment of an unsatisfactory past confidence ratings. Agencies often find that your past performance examples or references were not relevant. This is where the initial controversy begins…. Read more »
Quite a few federal contractors find themselves disappointed in GAO’s protest decision that agrees with the agency’s evaluation decision. Protesting technically unacceptable proposal decisions in a GAO protest can be disappointing if contractors fail to apply the proper legal analysis in a bid protest. When writing your technical proposal, merely… Read more »
Understanding the specific roles at the agency level and what the Small Business Administration SBA must do when evaluating your proposal for a Government Certificate of Competency (COC) and responsibility can save you the contract. What is the Small Business Certificate of Competency Program? In defense contracting, a Certificate of… Read more »
Understand the Rules When You Allege Government Contract Bundling As a small business, you may often wonder whether the government contracting agency is unlawfully engaging in bundling their contracts. Others may wonder whether there is anything they can do about it. The first thing that small businesses must do is… Read more »