by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Nov 29, 2023 | Bids & Proposals
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released its annual bid protest report to the Congress for fiscal year 2023 on October 26, 2023 (B-158766). The GAO actually received 2,025 protests in fiscal year (“FY”) 2023 but dismissed or immediately denied or...
by Public Contracting Institute | Nov 22, 2023 | Basic Principles/Authority to Contract, Bids & Proposals
While Congress has passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) that will keep some government agencies open until January 19th and others until February 2nd, contractors should not view this CR as “business as usual”. The timing, “laddered” approach, and disagreements on...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Nov 22, 2023 | Bids & Proposals
This blog has frequently stressed the importance of responding to any solicitation by the due date/time, fully, and in complete accord with the solicitation. In Better Direct, LLC, B-419893.27, July 5, 2023, an offeror’s proposal was eliminated from consideration...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Nov 2, 2023 | Bids & Proposals
Don’t ever ignore words in a solicitation. A contractor ignored specific email addresses for proposal delivery and failed to submit its proposal on time, thereby having its proposal rejected as “late.” Correct Solutions, LLC, B-421533, May 31, 2023. Its protest at...
by Marci Lawson | Sep 20, 2023 | Bids & Proposals, Uncategorized
Drafting a proposal in response to a solicitation from a federal agency is hard. Simply deciphering what the agency is trying to describe in its statement of work (SOW) can be difficult enough. Then, actually drafting a proposal that responds not...
by Lora Lawson | Apr 20, 2023 | Bids & Proposals
This article provides an expose on the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) prescriptions for both the Government and taxpayers for the submission and receipt of unplanned and unexpected unsolicited proposals. Particularly, how do the terms “R&D”, “Unique”...
