SmallGovCon

JANUARY 12, 2024

This week in federal government contracting news saw some White House initiatives for better contracting, as well as updates on cybersecurity and AI in the federal space. Welcome to a Very Busy New Year in Federal Contracting! I’ll be watching from my climate-controlled living room.

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Discover how to navigate the process and secure government contracts for your business. Key Takeaways Bidding on government contracts presents significant growth opportunities for businesses, especially small enterprises, with substantial revenue and credibility benefits. Why Bid on Government Jobs?

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Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Diving into government contracting with SAM requires a clear roadmap to success. SAM.gov stands as a crucial portal for businesses seeking federal contracts. This article delivers a concise guide on effectively using SAM, from completing your registration to enhancing your contracting strategy.

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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. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? We explore that here. In REV, LLC v. United States, Aptive Res., 4th 1156, 1159 (Fed. Give us a call at 785-200-8919.

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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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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The Government Accountability Office rejected a Virginia-based contractor's challenge to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's denial of its $74 million security screening contract proposal, saying it was not prejudiced by the agency's "latent ambiguity" in its solicitation.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Government Accountability Office has backed the Defense Logistics Agency excluding a company from a solicitation for deployment of disaster relief generators, saying the DLA reasonably found conflicts of interest involving the company's work on a related contract.

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Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

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

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 8, 2025

Department of Homeland Security issued to another business, rejecting arguments that the government failed to fairly evaluate its own proposal. A federal watchdog swatted down a company's challenge of a $107 million task order that the U.S.

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Federal News Network

MAY 29, 2024

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. It’s not the government. Tom Temin Yeah.

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SmallGovCon

JULY 25, 2024

So long as proposals are worded adequately, this often-confusing rule may be easily met by prospective bidders. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? Editor’s Note: Special thanks to our wonderful legal clerk Will Orlowski for putting together this blog post. Questions about this post?

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

billion information technology deal, after being accused of unfairly evaluating bidders' proposals. These are Law360's top government contracts for February. Navy gave a shipbuilder $1.2 billion to begin its overdue overhaul of the USS Boise, and the U.S. Defense Health Agency expanded its contractor pool for a $2.5

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Protests and Interested Party HUBZone status protests, like 8(a), WOSB/EDWOSB, and VOSB/SDVOSB status protests, can only be brought by SBA, the contracting officer for the procurement, or interested parties (essentially other bidders), per 13 C.F.R. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? Email us here.

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SmallGovCon

MAY 8, 2024

” A contracting officer has “nearly unlimited discretion to exclude bidders for appearance of impropriety” and the decision must be based on “reasonable factual predicates” and not be irrational. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? Give us a call at 785-200-8919.

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GovCon & Trade

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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. GAO reasoned that because “the value of the task order [was] below $25,000,000.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 18, 2025

million Army training contract, saying the protester waived its chance to dispute the Army's failure to conduct discussions with bidders by not filing that argument earlier. A Court of Federal Claims judge has denied a protest over a $408.7

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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. Nick Solosky is a Partner in Fox Rothschild’s Government Contracts Practice Group. However, as is usually the case, there are exceptions.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 19, 2024

121.1009(b) says that when making a size determination, the SBA will mostly rely on the information a bidder provided but ‘may use other information and may make requests for additional information.’” Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? The DDC then further explained how CWS’ position does not make sense.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For instance, an unsuccessful offeror on a HUBZone set-aside contract might file a lawsuit alleging that the winning bidder’s reliance on the expanded definition is contrary to law. To read more of Steve’s current government contracting writing, follow him on LinkedIn and subscribe to his LinkedIn newsletter.

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 29, 2024

Government Accountability Office is supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs' decision to cancel a solicitation that lacked proper instructions to bidders, thereby denying a protest from a Maryland business that had its contract canceled.

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 14, 2024

Government Accountability Office has sustained an HP Inc. Air Force information technology deal, saying the winning bidder didn't properly show whether monitors it offered complied with the Trade Agreements Act. unit's protest over a U.S.

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Government Contracts

JULY 23, 2024

has protested over terms of an Army Corps of Engineers construction contract requiring bidders to enter into a project labor agreement, mandated by regulation, saying the PLA requirement violates a competitive contracting law. Hensel Phelps Construction Co.

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Government Contracts

JULY 29, 2024

Government Accountability Office has refused to undo a $25.3 million contract to support the National Institutes of Health, unconvinced that the agency had revealed a bidder's proprietary information during a Zoom call with the eventual contract winner.

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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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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

A Court of Federal Claims judge denied IntelliBridge LLC's attempt to block the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from seeking bidders for its hybrid cloud product engineering and operations contract, finding on Tuesday the agency isn't trying to replicate its batCAVE software.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 25, 2024

A Court of Federal Claims judge has refused to reconsider her ruling that a previously disqualified bidder was eligible for a $45 billion nuclear cleanup deal after fixing a lapsed federal registration, despite a contrary decision by another judge on the court.

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Government Contracts

JULY 29, 2024

million janitorial contract to an ineligible affiliate, saying the submission identified the contractor as the bidder only once. Department of the Interior misattributed the contractor's bid for a $6.9

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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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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

AUGUST 24, 2021

The FCDO-funded (formerly DFID) project “ Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting ” releases the contracting datasets collected from national public procurement portals in 10 low and middle income countries: Chile, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Paraguay, Uganda and Uruguay. tax haven registration).

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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. appeared first on Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP.

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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. It is a notarized sworn statement made by a bidder committing to sign the contract if they are selected before the end of the bid validity period stipulated in the bidding documents.

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Public Contracting Institute

JANUARY 31, 2024

Before making award, the 60 day bid acceptance period in the solicitation expired, but the contracting officer decided to extend the period. The agency made award to the next-lowest bidder at its bid price. For other helpful suggestions on government contracting, visit: Richard D.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 12, 2024

Unfortunately, the nature of the low-bid methodology in government contracting invites the possibility of cost overruns. The government, wanting to spend wisely, is often going to choose the lowest bidder. An example? Let’s say a military installation needs to build a new barracks.

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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. Nick Solosky is a Partner in Fox Rothschild’s Government Contracts Practice Group.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Court of Federal Claims ordered, agreeing with a bidder that the service hadn't met a condition to cancel the deal. Air Force must revive a solicitation for a refueling tanker console, the U.S.

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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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Government Contracts

MARCH 8, 2024

Customs and Border Protection's decision to deny nine bidders spots on $900 million support deals, finding reasonable the agency's assessment that their past work wasn't similar enough to the requested artificial intelligence development services. The federal claims court cleared U.S.

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