by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Oct 29, 2019 | Audits & DCAA, Uncategorized
Defense Contract Audit Agency 2018 Activities. On March 31, 2019, the Defense Contract Audit Agency (“DCAA”) issued a report to Congress on its Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2018 Activities. The report is available at... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Oct 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
In early October, this blog explained that The Supreme Court recently considered the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) exemption at 5 USC § 552 (b)(4), confidential commercial information, and narrowed the basis on which an agency could withhold information . The... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Oct 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently sustained a protest against a U.S. Air Force award where there was a specific material requirement for small business participation, and the awardee allowed a large business to include its overhead and profit in... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Oct 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
In a recent decision, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) confirmed the position of the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) that the Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-324 (“Act”) requires rulemaking by the SBA before the size... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Oct 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently dismissed a bid protest on a civilian procurement where the task order’s value was less than $10 million, and there was no provision for pricing or evaluation of an option to extend the task order. Adams &... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Sep 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
In a recent bid protest, the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) identified and notified an offeror of 26 weaknesses in its proposal during discussions. The offeror made extensive revisions in its Final Proposal Revisions, correcting many weaknesses, but introducing...