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SAM (Registered) I Am Part 2: Contractors, Beware of Lapses in SAM Registration

WHAT: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a disappointed offeror’s protest alleging that a solicitation’s inclusion of FAR 52.204-7 required the awardee to be found ineligible because its System for Award...more

Newly Enacted Legislation Calls for Updates to the FAR’s OCI Rules

WHAT: President Biden signed into law the Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act, Pub L. No. 117-324, which mandates updates to the Federal Acquisition Regulation’s (FAR) provisions...more

COFC Decision Disagrees with GAO on Whether Contractors Must Notify Agencies of Changes to Key Personnel Availability During a...

WHAT: In a decision released on February 4, 2022, the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) declined to follow the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO’s) rule that offerors are obligated to inform agencies when proposed key...more

Blue & Gold Safe For Now: Federal Circuit Holds That a Timely Agency-Level Pre-Award Solicitation Challenge Preserves a...

WHAT: On December 7, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) issued a decision in Harmonia Holdings Grp., LLC v. United States, No. 2020-1538, preserving the waiver rule established...more

SAM (Registered) I Am, You Better Be or Else Risk Losing Your Award

WHAT: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) dismissed a protest challenging a U.S. Department of State (DOS) decision to exclude a proposal from competition because the offeror was not registered in the System for...more

Beware the Automated Email Response: GAO Protest Decision Highlights Need for Vigilance in Remote Work Environment

Don’t rely on an out-of-office notification to keep you in the competition. The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recently-published decision in Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., B-418946, Oct. 23, 2020, 2020 CPD...more

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