Government Contracts & Investigations
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
The end of the Fiscal Year is upon us, which typically coincides with a flurry of procurement activity and then a wave of bid protests. As most of you know, there are three primary fora for bid protests: procuring agencies, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and the Court of Federal Claims (COFC). 22, 2004, 2005 CPD ¶ 71.
European Law: Public Procurement
OCTOBER 8, 2012
However, a ‘twin’ provision can be found in Article 41 of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (OJ 2004 L 134, p.
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Government Contracts Legal Forum
OCTOBER 31, 2023
(Regarding this GAO decision, the Joint Notice notes that GAO interpreted the SBA rule without addressing National Industrial Security Program (NISP) requirements and 32 CFR 2004—or how the two interconnect—“thus adding to the confusion.”)
Procurement Notes
JUNE 15, 2021
Rather, CICA provides that a required debriefing is only available where competition/award is “on the basis of competitive proposals[.]” [16] “The term ‘competitive proposals’ is not defined by Bid Protest Regulations, nor is it expressly defined by statute or regulation.” [17] It uses the term offer, not bid or quote. 3703 , 10 U.S.C.
Procurement Notes
MARCH 5, 2024
Bank of Boston, supra (“When risks of a future downturn increase, even with an unchanged modal path for the future course of monetary policy, there can be a ‘flight to quality’ that bids up the price of long-term Treasury bonds and lowers their yield. Thus if a recession materializes, it will be correlated with the inverted yield curve.”). [20]
Procurement Notes
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
2004) (That the purpose of a cooperative agreement is assistance and not procurement is not dispositive of the determination of whether a cooperative agreement is a contract.). In 2011, HUDD re-solicited and re-competed administrative services contracts, leading to multitude of bid protests. 2004); see also 31 U.S.C. 2, 2020).
Procurement Notes
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Circuit”) has stated that “a broad original competition may validate a broader range of later modifications without further bid procedures.” [62] contract reformation due to mistake, or breach of the implied-in-fact contract to treat a bid/proposal fairly ). Further, there is more leeway with the extent of a mod. 54] DLAD 16.203-2. [55]
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