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Man Bites Dog: Low Bidder Not Awarded Federal Contract

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Most of the time the low bidder will win a government contract. But not always. Sometimes a federal agency will make an award on a best-value trade-off basis. This process can be used “when it may be in the best interest of...more

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Sometimes Post-Proposal Communications Are More Than Sweet Nothings …

As most government contractors have experienced firsthand, procuring agencies routinely engage in a wide variety of communications after bids have been submitted. On occasion, these exchanges are quite minor and afford an...more

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November 2022 Bid Protest Roundup: Best-Value Tradeoffs, Solicitations

Sometimes a comparison of cases best illustrates the law. This month we analyze a double pair of recent GAO decisions. First, in CharDonnay and Triple Canopy, we compare decisions dissecting the merits of best-value...more

Jenner & Block

Government Contracts Legal Round-Up | 2022 Issue 12

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Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more

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The GAO Sustains Protest Based On Awardee’s Organizational Conflicts Of Interest—An Important Lesson For All Contractors

If a company has one or more Organizational Conflicts of Interest (“OCIs”), its ability to compete for (or perform) a government contract in a fair and equitable manner is inherently called into question. In the context of a...more

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Past Performance: How to Use Yours, Benefit from Others’, and Defend It from Attacks

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You have undoubtedly heard the stories, a contractor with a flawless record going back years gets one bad past performance record, maybe due to themselves or a subcontractor, and now they are blackballed. While many in the...more

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Bid Protests – I Filed an Agency Level Bid Protest, Now What?

Assuming you have filed a timely bid protest that meets the various procedural requirements at one of the three bid protest forums – the procuring agency, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), and the U.S. Court of...more

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[Webinar] Past Performance: How to Use Yours, Benefit from Others’, and Defend It from Attacks - January 20th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm...

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A government agency’s evaluation of an offeror’s past performance can often be the difference between winning or losing a government contract. And, for better or worse, agencies are given broad discretion in how they evaluate...more

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Challenging an Agency’s Determination of Urgent and Compelling Need Can be an Uphill Battle

Even when agencies use simplified acquisition procedures, they generally must maximize competition to the extent practicable. There is, however, an exception to this default rule if only one source is reasonably available...more

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October 2020 Bid Protest Roundup (Law360 Spotlight)

In the latest installment of our bid protest spotlight (featured on Law360), we analyze three Government Accountability Office (GAO) decisions that provide important reminders for companies considering whether to protest a...more

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[Webinar] Past Performance: How to Use Yours, Benefit from Others’, and Defend It from Attacks - June 8th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

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A government agency’s evaluation of an offeror’s past performance can often be the difference between winning or losing a government contract. And, for better or worse, agencies are given broad discretion in how they evaluate...more

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Past Performance: How to Use Yours, Benefit from Others’, and Defend It from Attacks

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A government agency’s evaluation of an offeror’s past performance can often be the difference between winning or losing a government contract. And, for better or worse, agencies are given broad discretion in how they evaluate...more

King & Spalding

U.S. Produced Crude Oil Targeted for First Purchase for the Strategic Petroleum Reserves

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Amid current low oil prices, there may be one bright spot for U.S. producers. On Friday, March 13, President Trump announced he has directed the U.S. Department of Energy (the “DOE”) to begin purchasing oil for the Strategic...more

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2019 Protest Roundup

This installment of our Law360 bid protest spotlight examines two protest decisions released in December, provides a year-end review of key bid protest decisions from 2019, and discusses a few takeaways from the U.S....more

Williams Mullen

Part 2: Federal Government Contract Debriefings, The Ten Commandments, Nos. VI - X

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In this blog post, we present Nos. VI - X of the Ten Commandments for Debriefings. These were developed over the years as best practices for government contractors with input from the entire spectrum of interested parties –...more

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AEIOU and Sometimes IDIQ – Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract Use Remains Proportional.

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As we previously discussed both on this blog and elsewhere, observational and indirect evidence told us that the use of Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (“IDIQ”) contracts was expanding. As it turns out, from...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Poder discrecional en las adquisiciones: La GAO falla a favor del gobierno

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La Oficina de Fiscalización del Gobierno (Government Accountability Office, GAO) emitió una decisión que podría ser utilizada por las agencias gubernamentales para apoyar las Solicitudes de propuestas (Request for Proposal,...more

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Discretion in Procurement: The GAO Finds for the Government

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The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a decision that could be used by government agencies to support “all encompassing” RFPs, or RFPs that require one bidder to provide several products and services even if, in...more

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“Open and Frank Discussions” or Agency-Level Protest

In Coulson Aviation (USA), Inc. (B-411525, B-411525.2, 2015 CPD ¶ 272), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently denied a contractor’s protest over the terms of a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the...more

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Finally - A Different Result for a Government Contractor's Differing Site Condition Claim

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For any government contractor that has had a differing site condition claim denied despite relying on a government geotechnical report about the subsurface conditions of the project site, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...more

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