GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The decision offers important lessons that contractors should keep in mind when evaluating solicitations; submitting proposals; and evaluating whether and when to file a bid protest. If you have any questions about the terms of a solicitation or the bid protest rules, please contact the author.

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GovCon & Trade

JANUARY 22, 2024

The PIA prohibits the release of source selection and contractor bid or proposal information before the award of a federal agency procurement contract to which the information relates and bars federal officials from accepting compensation from contractors if they served in certain positions on a procurement action in excess of $10 million.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 19, 2024

Differences Between Pre-Bid and Pre-Proposal Meetings Purpose of Clarification: Both pre-bid and pre-proposal meetings are held to explain the details of the solicitation documents to interested parties. Differences Between Pre-Bid and Pre-Proposal Meetings 1. Differences Between Pre-Bid and Pre-Proposal Meetings 1.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The decision offers important lessons that contractors should keep in mind when evaluating solicitations; submitting proposals; and evaluating whether and when to file a bid protest. If you have any questions about the terms of a solicitation or the bid protest rules, please contact the author.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Jeff Bezos-owned space company Blue Origin and private equity firm Cerberus have made bids for United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

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Government Contract Insights

JULY 17, 2024

Court of Federal Claims has jurisdiction over bid protests related to follow-on production contracts arising out of other transaction (“OTs”) for Department of Defense prototype projects. A recent decision, Independent Rough Terrain Center, LLC v. United States (“IRTC”),[1] confirms the U.S.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 25, 2024

In this month's bid protest roundup, Nicole Giles and Ethan Sterenfeld at MoFo discuss a decision from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and two from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, which highlight how labor mapping, jurisdiction questions and incumbency bias can affect outcomes.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 8, 2024

FAR 6.401 (Sealed Bidding and Competitive Proposals) states: Sealed bidding [using an Invitation for Bids-IFB] and competitive proposals [using a Request for Proposals-RFP], as described in [FAR] parts 14 and 15 , are both acceptable procedures for use under subparts 6.1 , 6.2 ; and, when appropriate, under subpart 6.3

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Government Contracts

JULY 17, 2024

Though the substantive holding of Loper Bright is unlikely to affect bid protests because questions of statutory interpretation are rare, the spirit of the U.S.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

JANUARY 31, 2024

Since our last Bid Protest Hub article in November, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) has published 37 bid protest decisions, two of which have resulted in decisions sustaining the protester’s challenge. Stay tuned next month for our January 2024 Bid Protest roundup. FOOTNOTES [1] Washington Bus. LLC , B-421676.4,

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Government Contracts

JULY 9, 2024

An Illinois federal judge effectively pushed the next ruling in the criminal case against former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore and her three co-defendants to at least winter, as the defendants vowed to renew their acquittal bid in the wake of the U.S.

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Discussions & Clarifications

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Government Accountability Office ("GAO") published its much anticipated Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2023. GAO's annual report is required under the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 ("CICA") and provides the government contracting community with good insight into GAO's bid protest function. [1]

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Government Contract Insights

JUNE 5, 2024

Bid protests of other transaction agreements, also known as “OTs” or “OTAs,” are a common topic for this blog.

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Redstone Government Consulting

APRIL 25, 2024

Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 420 outlines accounting standards for Independent Research and Development (IR&D) and Bid & Proposal (B&P) costs incurred by government contractors, ensuring consistent and transparent reporting.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 21, 2024

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP told the Federal Circuit on Friday that Columbia University's bid to introduce a former Norton Lifelock computer scientist's declaration claiming the company's former lawyers at the firm are lying about his refusal to testify in the school's decade-long $600 million patent case is "utterly meritless."

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Government Contracts

JULY 5, 2024

Supreme Court to review the overturning of a former Contech executive's bid-rigging conviction, saying the appeals court was wrong to focus on a supplier relationship between companies that also compete for contracts. Department of Justice has asked the U.S.

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Government Contract Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This month’s bid protest roundup highlights one decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and two decisions from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In this second of three installments of PCI’s Everything You Need To Know About Bid, Size & Status Protests Series, experienced Government Contracts attorneys Maria Panichelli and Franklin Turner explain the process in which an awardee, whose award has been bid protested, can defend their contract award: Intervention.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 20, 2024

Government Construction Projects: Bidding and Winning Strategies for Success Government construction projects offer significant opportunities for businesses to grow and thrive. To succeed in this competitive arena, it’s essential to understand the bidding process and develop winning strategies.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In today’s increasingly competitive federal market, protests – including bid, and size/status – are an inevitable feature of many procurements. Contractors learn the differences between bid, size, and status protests, and how to use each to challenge contract awards that were improperly made to competitors.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 21, 2024

s efforts to rejoin competition for a $2 billion National Aeronautics and Space Administration deal, saying in a decision released Friday that NASA sufficiently explained why it found SAIC's bid noncompetitive.

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Government Contract Insights

APRIL 21, 2024

This month’s Bid Protest Roundup highlights two Procurement Integrity Act (PIA) decisions from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and one solicitation interpretation decision from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 25, 2024

In this month's bid protest roundup, Lyle Hedgecock and Michaela Thornton at MoFo discuss recent cases highlighting how the U.S. Court of Federal Claims consider supplementation of the record and an agency’s attempt to convert a sealed bid opportunity into a negotiated procurement, as well as an example of precedential drift.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 23, 2024

A new regulation for more environmentally friendly government purchases puts teeth into a long-standing requirement for sustainable procurement, and is likely to strengthen businesses' arguments in bid protests as agencies wrestle with the full scope of the rule.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 1, 2024

James Tucker at MoFo examines three recent decisions showing that while the results of past competitions may inform bid strategy, they are not determinative; that an agency's award may be deemed unreasonable if it ignores available information; and that a protester may be right about an awardee's noncompliance but still lose.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The more competitive the federal market becomes, the more important bid protests can be. As a contractor, you can utilize debriefings and bid protests to go after awards that improperly went to your competitors. More information The post A Federal Bid Protest Primer appeared first on McCarter & English, LLP.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 14, 2024

Spencer Cox, several state officials and its trust lands administration in a tribe's challenge accusing them of spinning a racist bidding scheme to prevent it from winning a land auction to purchase land just outside its reservation. A federal judge dismissed claims against Utah Gov.

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Government Contract Insights

MARCH 6, 2024

This month’s Bid Protest Roundup highlights a trio of U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decisions. The first decision, Deloitte Consulting, highlights the risk of severing a teaming partner after quote submission. The second, Kauffman and Associates, Inc.,

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

JANUARY 9, 2024

Many contractors don’t know that you can intervene, to defend against the bid protest. Maria starts with a primer on the bid protest process, followed by a lesson on how to use that process effectively to coordinate with government counsel and defend your award. What is your remedy? Thursday, September 26, 12:00 p.m. -1:00

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Government Contracts & Investigations

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As contracting activities are busy awarding new contracts, it is important to follow the trends related to successful and effective protests as you consider filing your own bid protest, or as you defend your award as an intervenor. Below we dive into recent bid protest decisions and identify what won, what did not win, and why.

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Public Contracting Institute

JANUARY 31, 2024

FAR 52.214-16, Minimum Bid acceptance Period: the contracting officer inserts a time period in that clause, similar to Form 33 above; or A time period set forth somewhere else in the text of the solicitation. Apparently, Global was the low responsive bid. The agency made award to the next-lowest bidder at its bid price.

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Government Contracts

MAY 8, 2024

An Idaho fuel truck company executive accused of conspiring with others to manipulate bids for U.S. Forest Service firefighting contracts to suppress other competitors in the market over an eight-year period pled guilty Wednesday in federal court, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In this month's bid protest roundup, James Tucker at MoFo offers takeaways from three bid protests in the U.S. Government Accountability Office relating to the high standard for protests that allege agency bias, seeking revised proposals from just one offeror, and untimely objections to solicitation terms.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

JANUARY 9, 2024

The more competitive the federal market becomes, the more inevitable bid protests are. If you want to succeed in bid protest litigation, it is critically important that you understand the rules and regulations governing the bid protest process. Thursday, August 15, 12:00 p.m. -1:00

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Government Contracts

MAY 1, 2024

Department of Defense agency's efforts to recoup the purported $5 million lost to an ex-employee's bid-rigging scheme, after a contract appeals board ruled the contractor was required to provide fair, unrigged prices. A food supplier must face a U.S.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Department of Homeland Security's recently unveiled policy of factoring cybersecurity self-assessments into its overall evaluation of contractors could raise novel bid protest considerations for offerors in both the pre-award and post-award contexts, say Amy Hoang at Seyfarth and Sandeep Kathuria at L3Harris Technologies.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 5, 2024

In this month's bid protest roundup, Markus Speidel at MoFo examines a trio of U.S. Government Accountability Office decisions with takeaways about the consequences of a teaming partner's organizational conflict of interest, a solicitation's latent ambiguity and an unreasonable agency cost adjustment.

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