Gain Insight and Avoid Costly Mistakes When Challenging Past Performance Evaluation Scores When agencies evaluate technical proposals, the RFP may state that award would be made on a best-value basis, considering past performance evaluation as one of the weighted evaluation factors. Challenging past performance evaluation scores must be fact specific. Government… Read more »
Meeting SBA size protest timeliness requirements can be a problem when you are not sure when the clock actually starts. More importantly, filing an untimely size protest can eliminate your opportunity for a second chance at a government project. In many situations, because there is confusion about when the… Read more »
Understand GAO’s Analysis in a Government Protest and Getting Agency Corrective Action Cost An issue arises in a government contract protest where the agency elects to take corrective action, and when, if ever, can a protestor recover costs when the agency takes too long to take corrective action. Many contractors… Read more »
Whether contemplating filing a government protest, or intervening into a bid protest that is already filed, CEOs must make a quick decision. Protest deadlines are very short, and there is not much time to think. Regardless of the decision, CEO’s must always make sure to get a debriefing – even… Read more »
Ratings for a government contractor’s past performance can create grounds for a bid protest if you have a clear understand of the applicable laws. A commonly missed mistake in the agency’s past performance evaluation is when the bidder is not awarded solely for past performance reasons. GAO decided this very… Read more »
Protesting the Small Business Administration SBA North American Industry Classification System (NAICs Codes) size standard for a government contract can be tricky when you try to qualify as small. This is especially true when there are differences between the amount of labor required and the overall cost of the contract. How Does… Read more »
By: Leanna Ajour, Esq. California & Colorado Attorney Your company has its specialties and you’re good at what you do. But, providing well-written proposals detailing to legally thorough degree, the work that you do and the methodology you will use to complete a bid proposal is what we do. Having a… Read more »
Avoid Some of the Most Costly Mistakes Seen With Government Technical Bid Evaluation & Scoring The federal government’s Technical Bid Evaluation Report and evaluation scoring regulations for proposals have many nuances that contractors are not familiar with. In addition, small businesses and large contractors alike are not always clear about how the government… Read more »
Better Understand the Basics of CICA Rule of Two Small Business Set Aside Decisions If you are considering protesting agencies’ small business set-asides and their application of the SBA small business set-aside Rule of Two at GAO or Court of Federal Claims, you should be aware that this can be a very… Read more »
In any government contract bid protest, and under bid protest intervenor law, any interested party, including the awardee, can intervene and protect their rights to the contract. The Court of Federal Claims (COFC) does not have very many statutory provisions for intervenor law. GAO bid protest rules typically set the… Read more »