by Garry Grossman, Principal, McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, PC | Apr 10, 2013 | Offers/Protests
Nexant, Inc. (“Nexant”) protested to the GAO the award of a US Agency for International Development (“USAID”) contract to Deloitte Consulting, LLP, on the grounds that USAID (1) failed to conduct meaningful discussions, (2) applied an...
by Garry Grossman, Principal, McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, PC | Mar 19, 2013 | Offers/Protests
From 2004-2009 the United States Air Force contracted with Harris IT Services Corporation for support services for the Air Force’s Command Man-Day Allocation System (“CMAS”). (The GAO said it found the history of this contract “somewhat...
by Fred W. Geldon, Senior Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP | Aug 31, 2012 | FAR, Government Contracts Education
FAR Part 9.504 requires contracting officers (CO’s) to identify and evaluate potential OCI’s early in the process, but puts no time pressure (other than the award deadline) on the need to resolve (i.e., avoid, neutralize, or mitigate) significant organizational...
