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November 2023 Bid Protest Roundup

This month's protest spotlight highlights three decisions by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The decisions feature arguments that unsuccessful offerors often want to make, but that are rarely successful, as well as...more

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Bid Protest Minute: Recent Decision Imparts Lessons on Timeliness of Solicitation Challenges and Prejudice

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On November 21, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied an unsuccessful bidder’s protest, arguing that the terms of a solicitation were biased and that the awardee failed to comply with a mandatory solicitation...more

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President Biden Signs PRICE Act to Reform Federal Procurement and Help Federal Small Business Contractors

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President Biden recently signed the PRICE Act (Promoting Rigorous and Innovative Cost Efficiencies for Federal Procurement and Acquisitions Act). The Act expands opportunities for small businesses to work with the federal...more

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Bidding Smarter in Florida: Knowledge is Power – The Public Records Act

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Everyone has heard the old saying “knowledge is power.”  In Florida, the Public Records Act, Ch. 119, Fla. Stat., is a powerful tool that contractors should use to empower themselves in competitive bid situations. Governments...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

EAJA Provides Relief to Construction Contractor for Government’s Bad Actions

In Vet4U, LLC v. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals awarded costs and attorney fees to the small business contractor that won its appeal pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA),...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

Small Business Runway Act Regulation Goes Into Effect – You May Have a Choice in How to Calculate Your Size

Being a small business can have its advantages. Federal procurement rules provide that certain contracting opportunities may be set-aside for small business competition. Small businesses also may be exempt from certain...more

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Alert to Contractors – California Court of Appeals (2d App. Dist.) Rules Subcontractor Price in Proposal Containing Material...

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Flintco Pacific, Inc. v. TEC Management Consultants, Inc., 2016 Cal. App. LEXIS 594 (Cal. App. 2d Dist. June 21, 2016) - There was an important California decision published on July 19, 2016 (decided June 21, 2016)...more

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Construction Law Advisory - August 2015

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Pennsylvania’s Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act (“CASPA”) is a powerful tool for contractors and subcontractors to ensure that they receive prompt payment for their work and may entitle them to expansive remedies,...more

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Another Potential Option for Disappointed Bidders in LPTA Procurements

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In today’s contracting atmosphere, government agencies are increasingly relying on procurements conducted on a lowest-priced, technically-acceptable (“LPTA”) basis. It is not uncommon in such competitions for the winning...more

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