by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Army sought “solid waste management services” (trash pickup) at or near Fort Polk, LA. Army properly recognized that these services were commercial, and conducted a FAR Part 12, Commercial item (services) procurement. Unfortunately, the Army conducted the... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Mar 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
In order to win a bid protest, it isn’t enough for a protester to show that an agency has made an error (violation of law, regulation or procedure), no matter how egregious, in conducting a procurement. At both the Government Accountability Office and the Court of... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Mar 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
In two recent bid protest cases, the Government has sought to have its cake and eat it too—by conducting competitions under the General Services Administration (“GSA”) Multiple Award Schedule contracts using Requests for Quotations (“RFQ”), but not abiding by the... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Mar 9, 2016 | Government Contracting
You are a construction company that receives a contract to modernize the Internal Revenue Service center. Among other things, the contract requires you to provide a security system. As explained below, the security cabling for that system is required to be... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Mar 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
In North Star Magnus Pacific Joint Venture, SBA No. SIZ-5715, Feb. 17, 2016, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) considered a size protest of a joint venture consisting of a large business and a small business that, at one...