DE Under 3: U.S. GAO Report on Military Spouse Employment Focused on Challenges of Part-Time Work
A Discussion with GAO General Counsel Edda Emmanuelli Perez
GovCon Perspectives Podcast Episode 24: Effective Use of “Open and Frank” Discussions in Bid Protests
Award Protests: Choosing the Forum
How to Assess the Likelihood of Success in Deciding Whether to Bring a Bid Protest
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), in TLS Joint Venture, LLC, B-422275, recently sustained a bid protest alleging that the contract awardee’s System for Award Management (SAM) registration lapsed between the...more
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently sustained a protest of a contract award because the winning contractor failed to maintain their System for Award Management (“SAM”) registration from the date their...more
Companies competing for federal contracting opportunities now have yet another reason to fear their proposals being rejected and their awards getting overturned....more
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
The common theme of this month’s Law360 Bid Protest Roundup is a seemingly hot topic these days: joint ventures. One recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) decision and one recent U.S. Court of Federal Claims...more
In this month’s bid protest roundup, we consider: (1) an exception to the normal rule governing reliance on affiliate experience and past performance; and (2) two different bid protests of very similar solicitation terms that...more
A lie may be a lie, but false representations and certifications on SAM may not necessarily be a proper protest ground. As the recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision in Phoenix Environmental Design, Inc....more