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 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... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Mar 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
To protest or not to protest; that is the question; Whether ‘tis smarter in business to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous evaluation, Or to file protests against a sea of wrongs, And by filing, right the wrongs? (Adapted from Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 3, Scene... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Mar 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
This article is the second in a series about mistakes in missing deadlines. The first covered deadlines in protests, and this article discusses deadlines in contract administration and claims. For both, missing deadlines can result in very serious consequences to the... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Mar 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
During the Civil War, at the famous Andersonville Prison, on the inside of the stockade and twenty feet from it, there was a deadline established, over which no prisoner was allowed to go, day or night, under penalty of being shot. After the Civil War, deadlines were...