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6 Effective Tactics to Help Government Contractors Overcome Unfavorable CPARS Evaluations

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In federal contracting, your reputation is currency, and few tools can shape that reputation more than the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). CPARS evaluations don’t just sit in a file, they’re pulled...more

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Court of Federal Claims Confirms Jurisdiction over Other Transaction (OT) Bid Protests

Last month, in Raytheon Co. v. United States, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC) confirmed its jurisdiction to hear bid protests challenging the award of certain other transaction (OT) agreements. The decision names COFC...more

Blank Rome LLP

60-Second Sustains: TISTA Science and Technology Corporation

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Protest of: TISTA Science and Technology Corporation - B-422891.2; .3; .4 - TISTA challenged the issuance of a task order by the National Institutes of Health to Tantus Technologies, alleging the agency engaged in...more

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DoD Makes Significant Changes to Bid Protest Requirements

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The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes two significant changes to DoD bid protests that are generally not favorable to contractors. (Both changes appear in Section 885 of the NDAA and can be viewed at...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Bid Protest Minute: COs Must Account for Corporate Restructuring When Assessing Qualifications

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On November 13, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protest by DecisionPoint Corporation concluding that when the Air Force determined EmeSec, a wholly owned subsidiary of DecisionPoint, was ineligible for...more

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Client Alert: Government Contractors Get Relief in More Than Half of GAO Bid Protests

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On November 14, 2024, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2024. The statutorily mandated report contains an array of information about GAO’s bid...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 15th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation - May 2nd - 3rd, Chicago, IL

ACI’s Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation offers an unparalleled learning experience, specifically designed for the MCO legal community. Attend and develop winning legal strategies and business best...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Government Accountability Office Publishes Fiscal Year 2023 Bid Protest Statistics

Impacted by an acquisition where an unusually high number of protests were filed and sustained, the GAO’s sustain and effectiveness rates increased to 31 and 57 percent, respectively. The number of filed Government...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Government Accountability Office Publishes Fiscal Year 2022 Bid Protest Statistics

The effectiveness rate increased to 51 percent. The number of filed Government Accountability Office (GAO) protests dropped another 12 percent, after dropping 12 percent in 2021....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Everything Changes, Except That Which Stays the Same: GAO’s Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress

It is that time of year again when the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) submits its bid protest statistics to Congress as mandated under the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, 31 U.S.C. §3554(e)(2). On...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

The Seven Unique Features Of A Protest Challenging An FAA Procurement

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Contractors interested in contracts with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) should be aware that FAA bid protests are different from protests involving other federal agencies. The FAA’s Office of Dispute Resolution for...more

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Government Contracts: GAO Issues Rare Decision Sustaining Corrective Action Challenge

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The Situation: Challenges to the scope of an agency's corrective action are notoriously hard to win at the U.S. Government Accountability Office ("GAO") because of the high level of deference normally afforded to agencies in...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

[Event] Protecting Your Rights on Federal Construction Projects Breakfast Seminar- May 23rd - Honolulu, HI

Contracting with the federal government on construction projects involves challenges and risks for even the most experienced contractors. In this seminar, federal construction contracting attorneys Michael Payne and Bob...more

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