by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Nov 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
In 1994, Congress passed the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (“FASA”), Pub. L. No. 103-355, and included, codified as amended at 10 U.S.C. § 2377, a requirement that federal agencies, to the maximum extent practical, procure commercially available items and... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Oct 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Agencies must strictly adhere to the procurement method as set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”). Failure to do so may result in a sustained protest. The FAR provides two principal methods of procurement, sealed bidding (Part 14 of the FAR) and... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Oct 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
In an Army procurement for web-based postage, Pitney Bowes, Inc., B-416220, July 11, 2018, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently made clear that its bid protest jurisdiction extends to violations of procurement laws and regulations, and does not... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Oct 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
For nearly a century, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) and its predecessor, the General Accounting Office, have provided an independent, impartial, and objective forum for bid protests on federal government solicitations and contracts. A bid protest is a... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Sep 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
You may think that allowing offerors only 44 minutes to respond to a solicitation for quotations is too short a time, but the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) held that it was acceptable where emergency circumstances in connection with inclement weather... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jul 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Two recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) bid protest decisions are interesting because in both cases, the GAO held that a task order issued by the agency was outside the scope of either the underlying Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (“IDIQ”)...