by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Feb 12, 2020 | Government Contracting
By Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant This blog has frequently explained the duty of a contractor to inquire about a patent ambiguity in a solicitation (or a contract) before submitting an offer or before beginning to perform the contract. A very simple patent... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Feb 4, 2020 | Bids & 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 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
On September 26, 2019 the Department of Defense issued a final rule in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) that limits use of lowest priced technicaly acceptable (“LPTA”) source selection in Department of Defense Procurements. The new rule... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jan 21, 2020 | Accounting, Audits, Cost, and Pricing
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released its annual bid protest report to the Congress for fiscal year 2019 on November 5, 2019 (B-15866). The GAO actually received 2,198 protests in fiscal year (“FY”) 2019 but dismissed or immediately denied or... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
On September 10, 2019, a Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) Deputy Regional Administrator and a FEMA Deputy Chief of Staff were indicted along with the former president of Cobra Acquisitions, LLC. The indictment by a federal grand jury in the district of...