GAO recently sustained a bid protest about meaningful FAR discussions in the Matter of: Marathon Medical Corporation because the agency failed to hold meaningful discussions under FAR Part 15 with the protestor. In that case, Marathon’s FAR protest alleged the Department of Veteran Affairs improperly held discussions with the awardee, but… Read more »
As a federal contractor, you might be familiar with the general rule that is you have grounds to file a bid protest due to improper proposal evaluation or some other valid reason, you as the disappointed offeror can file a bid protest at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and obtain… Read more »
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 »
The federal government’s oversight of contract compliance and other factors leading to the suspension and debarment of government contractors have increased dramatically over the past few years. Staying off the debarment list means knowing what gets you into trouble and what being a responsible contractor means. Suspension and Debarment actions… 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 »