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Bid Protest Minute: GAO’s Task Order Jurisdiction

GovCon & Trade

On December 21, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) dismissed a protest by ELS, an unsuccessful bidder on a Department of Defense (DOD) task order opportunity, concluding that it did not have jurisdiction to consider it. The protestor’s proposed price was $30,478,050, and its total evaluated price was $30,566,297.

Bidding 147
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Understanding Standard Bidding Documents in Public Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

Introduction This article is based on the review of standard bidding documents from several organizations including the World Bank , Millennium Challenge Corporation , the Public Procurement and Concession Commission of the Republic of Liberia , and Public Procurement Authority of Ghana. Goods : Documents used for procuring physical items.

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Understanding Minor Deviations in Public Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

Throughout my career as a procurement practitioner, I have never seen bids submitted that are perfectly responsive to the evaluation criteria or requirements specified in the solicitation documents. Thus, deviations from the evaluation requirement could either be material/major or immaterial/minor.

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Is It a Bid or An RFP?

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

What's the difference between a Bid and a Proposal, or between an Invitation to Bid and a Request for Proposals (RFP)? Invitation to Bid: Public agencies that issue an Invitation to Bid (or a Request for a Quote) have defined a specific scope of work for which they are requesting bid prices.

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Why bidders for federal contracts need to deal with conflicts of interest early on

Federal News Network

So some of those are things that can be mitigated, usually impaired objectivity, which means basically, that you’re evaluating your own work from another contract. Zach Prince You can’t have a situation where you’re evaluating your own work, or where somebody who’s part of your team is evaluating its own work.

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Why File: A GAO Bid Protest Intervention

SmallGovCon

When contractors think of GAO Bid Protests, most think of the process from the perspective of the protester. However, the contract awardee is not without a voice in the bid protest process at GAO. First, what even is an intervenor in a GAO bid protest? the protester loses). the protester loses).

Bidding 107
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An award protest reaffirms: You’ve got to treat all bidders equally

Federal News Network

It used a slightly unconventional approach to evaluating bidders. And we should also point out that the dark horse initially winning bidder was slightly higher priced than secure offense, not a whole lot more, but half a million dollars or so. But what it actually says is your evaluation criteria. Tom Temin Right.

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