by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Feb 4, 2020 | Mistakes, Offers/Protests, Proposals
In a more “normal” protest, an agency may make one or two mistakes that causes the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) to sustain the protest. But in a recent protest of a Department of Agriculture competition for information technology services, the agency made...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jan 7, 2020 | Formation-General, Government Contracts Education, Proposals
The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (“ASBCA”) recently held that on a matter of contract interpretation, a prior course of dealing should be used in awarding a contractor its full claim on the requirements for personnel staffing. Fluor Federal Solutions,...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Mar 12, 2019 | Proposals
A recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) bid protest demonstrates how easy it is for an offeror to make a material misrepresentation in its proposal, resulting in a sustained protest and the loss of an award. Sev1Tech, Inc., B-416811, Dec. 18, 2018. Two...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Dec 19, 2017 | Offers/Protests, Proposals
Do you think it is proper for an agency to eliminate a proposal from consideration under the following circumstances: Nothing in the evaluation criteria of the Request for Proposals (“RFP”) stated that proposals would be eliminated because they contained...
by Public Contracting Institute | Feb 1, 2017 | Government Contracts Education, Mistakes, Proposals, Small Business, The PCI Network
The next episode of The PCI Network is all about putting together a winning proposal. Lou Chiarella, Director and Faculty at PCI, shares three tips to help you craft a winning proposal. Mr. Chiarella is an attorney in the Washington, D.C. area with 20 years of...
by Public Contracting Institute | Dec 12, 2014 | Government Contracts Education, Proposals, Small Business, Ten Myths of Government Contracting
Federal News Radio is republishing our Ten Myths of Government Contracting series, accompanied by an interview with the author, Tim Sullivan, Partner, Thompson Coburn, LLP. Below is the audio from the interview on Myth No. 3, “The Contracting Officer Really...
