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OCIs: Recent GAO Decision Provides Insight on How to Successfully Challenge an Agency’s Investigation of Organizational Conflicts...

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The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) generally requires contracting officials to identify and evaluate organizational conflicts of Interest (OCIs) as early as possible in a procurement. The FAR also requires the procuring...more

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Conflict Confirmed: GAO Sustains Rare OCI Protest in Army Cyber Procurement

In DirectViz Solutions, LLC, B-423366, et al. (June 11, 2025)​, DirectViz Solutions protested the Army’s issuance of a task order to Peraton for cybersecurity information technology support services for the Army’s Global...more

Pillsbury - Bid Protest Debrief

DISA Award Upheld Despite Massive Price Gap: GAO Says Sticker Shock Isn’t Enough

In AIX Tech, LLC, B-423417, et al., June 11, 2025, AIX Tech protested the award by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) of a task order to Defense Solutions Group (DSG) for strategic advisory support services,...more

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No “Hard Facts,” No Win: GAO Denies Lockheed’s OCI Protest

In Lockheed Martin Corporation, B-423294, May 2, 2025, Lockheed Martin protested the Air Force’s handling of potential organizational conflicts of interest (OCIs) in a procurement for Tactical Operations Center – Light...more

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Marathon Targets Misses the Mark: COFC Upholds Disqualification Over Mishandling of Leaked Evaluation Data

In Marathon Targets, Inc. v. United States, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, No. 25-121 (March 13, 2025, reissued March 24, 2025), Marathon Targets sought to block a U.S. Marine Corps contract awarded to MVP Robotics for...more

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Congressional, Executive, and Legal Developments for Government Contractors to Consider - January 2024

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Each month, Venable's Government Contracts Group publishes a summary of recent policy and legal developments of interest to the government contractor community. The federal government took several noteworthy actions in the...more

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September 2020 Bid Protest Roundup (Law360 Spotlight)

This month’s bid protest roundup (featured on Law360) examines three recent decisions by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The first, Sumaria Systems, Inc., evaluates whether an agency’s use of the highest...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government...

August 2020 Bid Protest Roundup (Law360 Spotlight)

This month’s bid protest roundup (featured on Law360) examines three recent decisions by the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”). The first, Solers[i], examines potential conflicts of interest arising out of the...more

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Elevating Form Over Substance: OCI Waiver Challenges at GAO

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has exhibited little interest in evaluating the basis for agency decisions to waive organizational conflicts of interest (OCI). Where protesters have challenged agency waiver...more

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