by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jan 12, 2021 | Offers/Protests, Proposals
Formal agency protests must be submitted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 33.103, which sets out specific rules, procedures and requirements. There is a simpler way to protest, the “informal agency protest,” which is governed by the rules...
by John Plinke | Nov 29, 2020 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Offers/Protests
PCI has started a new webinar series, the Case of the Month Club. Each month PCI’s Government Contracts law experts will discuss one or two recent cases. If you do not need credit for the session, join for free at this link, using the code: NoCreditFree Here is a...
by John Plinke | Sep 1, 2020 | Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Offers/Protests, Proposals
PCI has started a new webinar series, the Case of the Month Club. Each month PCI’s Government Contracts law experts will discuss one or two recent cases. The first September case is ANHAM FCZO v. United States. If you want to learn more about the Case of the Month...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Aug 18, 2020 | Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Offers/Protests, Rules and Regulations
The Court of Federal Claims recently considered an award where the Army Corps of Engineers (“COE”) refused to implement an automatic stay of performance under the Competition in Contracting Act, 31 U.S.C. § NIKA Tech., Inc. v. United States, No. 20-299C (Fed. Cl....
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Aug 4, 2020 | Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Offers/Protests
The Government Accountability Office’s (“GAO”) role in reviewing bid protests is to ensure that statutory requirements for full and open competition are met, not that more restrictive, less competitive specifications be written. Appian Corp., B-417837.2, March 9,...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jul 28, 2020 | Contract Pricing, Cost Realism/Price Realism, Offers/Protests
In a source selection for a task order for engineering support services under the Navy’s Seaport-e Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (“IDIQ”) contract, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) concluded that the Navy failed to evaluate the protester’s...
