Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The Government Accountability Office’s annual report to Congress on the state of bid protests always is fascinating. Source: GAO Bid Protest Report to Congress for Fiscal 2024. Let’s get back to GAO’s bid protest report. These are the latest among a host of story lines in the federal acquisition community.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Government Accountability Office recently upheld the protest of a contract award from the Defense Intelligence Agency. It used a slightly unconventional approach to evaluating bidders. But then, of course, you’ve already made your bid. The agency doesn’t have to let you change your bid.

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Federal News Network

JULY 10, 2024

Would the subcontractor have known about what’s going on, because it probably would have, because don’t subcontractors know when they’re part of a team that is bidding by the prime for a new contract? What happens in these situations when you have too close bidders. It was this wider set of data. Pun intended.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 26, 2024

The protester, Percipient, had not bid. But Percipient did file in the Court of Federal Claims on the basis that the government is obligated to use commercially available products. So what’s interesting and unusual in this case is that Percipient wasn’t in a position to meet the government’s entire requirement.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

APRIL 24, 2016

During the bidding process, it is customary to require interested bidders to provide a bid security or bid securing declaration along with their bid. What is a bid security? A bid security may be a fixed monetary sum or a percentage of the bid price, usually less than 5%.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

When the pandemic began, the Philippines government suspended all public transport. During that period of emergency mobilization, Abante was focused on tracking the country’s COVID-19 response budget , alongside friends and former colleagues from his experience working in the government, academia, and civil society.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 8, 2024

FAR 6.401 (Sealed Bidding and Competitive Proposals) states: Sealed bidding [using an Invitation for Bids-IFB] and competitive proposals [using a Request for Proposals-RFP], as described in [FAR] parts 14 and 15 , are both acceptable procedures for use under subparts 6.1 , 6.2 ; and, when appropriate, under subpart 6.3

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Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Government Accountability Office has rejected a protest over the U.S. million logistics support deal after initially finding the company's bid unacceptable, saying the Army's discussions with the awardee were reasonable. Army reinstating the eventual awardee of a $42.3

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Public Contracting Institute

JANUARY 31, 2024

FAR 52.214-16, Minimum Bid acceptance Period: the contracting officer inserts a time period in that clause, similar to Form 33 above; or A time period set forth somewhere else in the text of the solicitation. Apparently, Global was the low responsive bid. The agency made award to the next-lowest bidder at its bid price.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 10, 2025

Government Accountability Office has sustained a protest over a $19.9 million National Institutes of Health software development task order, finding the NIH unreasonably treated similar aspects of the protester's and awardee's bids differently.

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SmallGovCon

MAY 29, 2024

2024) , REV, LLC (REV) was a bidder on the VA’s Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology-Next Generation (T4NG) program. The bid process consisted of two steps before a competitive range of potential awardees was chosen. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? We explore that here. In REV, LLC v.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JULY 12, 2015

What are pre-bid meetings? Pre-bid meetings are gatherings scheduled after an invitation for bids or request for proposals is advertised. They are called pre-bid meetings because they are pertinent to procurement of goods , non-consultant services and works. What is the purpose of pre-bid meetings?

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Oles Morrison

AUGUST 24, 2022

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker is beyond thrilled at the success of our government contracts practice group Bid Protest Webinar 2022. Bid Protests are an important weapon in a contractor’s arsenal, whether as a successful awardee or disappointed bidder.

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Florida Government Contracts

MARCH 4, 2019

18, 2019) that prospective bidders have standing to file bid protests challenging out-of-scope modifications to existing government contracts. Florida’s First District Court of Appeals just held in Asphalt Paving Sys., Anderson Columbia, No. 1D18-2035 (Fla. 1st DCA Feb.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Foes are vanquished, in this case Boston Consulting Group, losing its OASIS+ bid protest at the Government Accountability Office. Along with ePS-NDVSB, other bidders may have included Amazon and Granger. 21 and the Government Accountability Office has until April 1 to decide. It’s clear that they misevaluated our bid.

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Federal News Network

MAY 29, 2024

And that means that the government has to actually spend more money on the contract. But that’s a lousy way to fix what’s a universal problem across all government contracting. In one place, the RFP makes it clear that the solicitor, the bidder, should have a labor harmony agreement in place before the contract starts.

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Fox Rothschild: Government Contracts

JANUARY 3, 2024

The general rule ( FAR 14.404-1(a) ) is that – once a solicitation is put out for bid – the agency must award the contract to the responsible bidder with the lowest responsive bid. This defense is only available where the agency can show that the bids received were unreasonably high.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 30, 2024

But for government contractors, this has some very unique and I think, deleterious consequences. Those key personnel actually have a huge effect on your on the government’s evaluation of the contractors proposal and on the ability to actually win the job and be able to perform the work.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 9, 2025

Army Corps of Engineers has awarded 15 construction companies out of 35 bidders slots on a$7 billion contract for design-build and design-bid-build horizontal construction task orders.

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The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Author: Helen Doucette “Accept the bid from ABC Company” said the VP of Finance to the Director of Procurement. “I According to the Competitive Bidding Law of Canada, we can only accept compliant bids. Morals deal with the principles governing the same. I cannot” replied the Director. “Why Why not” asked the VP.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 19, 2024

Bid Solve, Inc. At first, the matter was simple enough: CWS Marketing Group’s (CWS) size was protested, it submitted its tax returns, and SBA sided with CWS over the protester, Bid Solve, Inc. Bid Solve) after reviewing those returns. (Bid Bid Solve) after reviewing those returns. Let’s take a deeper dive. 3d 53 (D.D.C.

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Federal News Network

MAY 16, 2024

Interview Transcript: Tom Temin And just briefly review the task, the strike force, what it does and what its scope is and where it fits in the hierarchy of oversight here in the government. When the government is going out into the market to buy stuff. This touches on more than $500 million of government spending.

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GovSpend

APRIL 5, 2023

Selling to the government can be a highly lucrative endeavor for businesses, but it can also be a complex and challenging process. In this blog post, we will provide a detailed guide on how businesses can successfully sell to the government in the SLED market.

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GovSpend

APRIL 5, 2023

Selling to the government can be a highly lucrative endeavor for businesses, but it can also be a complex and challenging process. In this blog post, we will provide a detailed guide on how businesses can successfully sell to the government in the SLED market.

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Government Contracts

JULY 29, 2024

Government Accountability Office has rejected a contractor's claims that the U.S. Department of the Interior misattributed the contractor's bid for a $6.9 million janitorial contract to an ineligible affiliate, saying the submission identified the contractor as the bidder only once.

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Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Government Accountability Office ruled that the U.S. Army could require bidders to recertify their small business status when bidding on a set-aside task order, saying the recent overturning of Chevron deference didn't make the Army's interpretation of a related rule unreasonable.

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Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Diving into government contracting with SAM requires a clear roadmap to success. Learn the ins and outs of maintaining compliance, crafting a competitive bid, and positioning your business for growth through federal opportunities, all through the lens of SAM’s pivotal role in government procurement.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

MARCH 8, 2022

Bidding on government contracts is a stressful, high-stakes process. Electronic bid submissions have the added complication of using technology that is not always reliable. However, disappointed bidders have multiple options for bringing bid protests, and that includes the Court of Federal Claims (COFC).

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Step 3 Posting Once the procurement document is developed and approved it is posted online for bidders to respond. In instances, such as a limited number of potential bidders, a complex procurement or a new or innovative concept a procurement may be posted longer to attract more bidders.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 9, 2024

Vendors are unhappy that the SEWP VI program office chose not to answer more than 4,500 questions submitted about the solicitation, and with bids due later this month, a letter-writing campaign spurred NASA’s decision. “A written response to your inquiry will be made available to prospective bidders within the next week.”

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

That will mean continued protests by disappointed bidders. Dan Ramish Yes, this procurement was very notable for the number of big protests, so many protests that set new records and broke the GAO’s bid protests statistics for the year. You can learn a lot from protests that have already been settled. Dan Ramish Yeah.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 3, 2024

Government Accountability Office has cleared the U.S. Navy to sole-source an office contract to one company, rejecting a prospective bidder's claims that it should have a chance to bid on the deal.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

MARCH 22, 2022

Department of Defense (DOD) has just locked in its Enhanced Postaward Debriefing procedures, making it easier for contractors to understand the source selection and contract award process and make informed bid protest decisions. Critically, enhanced debriefing procedures also grant the contractor more time to submit a bid protest.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

million NASA space technology development contract, saying the winning bidder was reasonably determined to be an eligible small business and that NASA fairly evaluated bids for the deal. A Court of Federal Claims judge has rejected a protest over a $282.2

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Federal News Network

JUNE 25, 2024

Interview transcript: David Berteau This is really a valuable resource, not only for contractors, but of course, it’s vital for the government. So it’s really a benefit to both the government and to industry. So it’s really a benefit to both the government and to industry. Is it updated? Is it once a year?

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

JANUARY 3, 2024

The general rule ( FAR 14.404-1(a) ) is that – once a solicitation is put out for bid – the agency must award the contract to the responsible bidder with the lowest responsive bid. This defense is only available where the agency can show that the bids received were unreasonably high.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The government buys billions of dollars in healthcare-related goods and services every year, and no government procurement is perfect. If the answer is “yes”—or even “maybe”—healthcare companies may file a bid protest at the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) or the U.S. In Ohio KePRO, Inc. , 2021 CPD ¶ 325 (Nov.

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