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

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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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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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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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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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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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

JANUARY 26, 2024

Government Accountability Office rejected a medical firm's efforts to again upend a pending $44 billion defense contract for professional medical services, saying the Defense Health Agency's revamped evaluation methodology appropriately accounted for bidders' proposed pricing.

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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

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Court of Federal Claims to rule on its challenge to the terms of a solicitation seeking former military helicopters to fight forest fires, saying bidders are effectively being asked to violate federal law. A Michigan aviation company has asked 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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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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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Department of Veterans Affairs from moving forward with a suicide-prevention support contract, finding that it unreasonably cut a bidder from contention based on subcontracting work on a similar deal. Court of Federal Claims has blocked the U.S.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 9, 2024

Army made a flawed analysis of bidders' pricing in a contest to provide waste disposal services at a Kansas base, a Court of Federal Claims judge concluded the error would not have disqualified the winning vendor. Although the U.S.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 5, 2024

Army reasonably found risky a bidder's cheaper proposal for a research support deal, justifying its decision to go with a company that had submitted a $153 million bid, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a decision released Friday.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Government Accountability Office upheld a $13.2 million contract seeking financial support services for the Uniformed Services University, ruling that the U.S. General Services Administration appropriately deemed a bidder's vague subcontracting arrangement a risk.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Government Accountability Office has turned away a naval contractor's protest to the bidding terms for a task order seeking Guantanamo Bay construction workers, saying the terms didn't place the bidder at a competitive disadvantage.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Government Accountability Office has refused to upend an $86.4 million Air Force software contract over concerns with a vendor's contracting history, saying the only evidence of the purported problems was a "self-serving statement" offered by a protesting rival bidder.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 12, 2024

The Court explained the phrase “in connection with” is “sweeping in scope,” thereby capturing Percipient’s protest allegations, and that a contrary ruling in favor of the government “would allow agencies to ignore § 3453 by deferring decisions about commercial products until after the contract award.” View the full article

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Government Accountability Office has denied a protest by IBM over the terms of a solicitation to modernize the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' supply chain, saying the VA reasonably scrutinized bidders' financial health as part of the deal.

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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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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Government Accountability Office backed the U.S. Army's decision to invalidate a bid for a $106 million support deal over missing responses to the contract's 180 subtasks, finding the Army put bidders on notice that they needed responses for each.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 8, 2024

However, FAR 14.404-1 subsection (c)(6) permits conversion of an IFB to a negotiated procurement only where all prices were unreasonable, for which price reasonableness can’t be determined, where the bids were collusive or where no responsive bid was received from a responsible bidder.

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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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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Follow our advice on understanding tender technical requirements, exhibiting your expertise, avoiding common mistakes, and beating out rival bidders for these complex and demanding RFPs. Referrals lend credibility as prequalified bidders provide more lead time and give exclusive tailored insight into client bid expectations.

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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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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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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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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

MARCH 8, 2022

Bidding on government contracts is a stressful, high-stakes process. Nick explains that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has consistently ruled that a proposal electronically received after the submission deadline cannot be accepted, even if the proposal was sent timely. One example from Syncon LLC v. US , 154 Fed.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

These notable pre-award victories are broken down into three basic categories: (1) unreasonable bidder qualification requirements; (2) unreasonable elimination from competition; and (3) improper solicitation requirements. Notably, half of the successful protests before the COFC in FY23 were pre-award protests.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

All through 2023, Crowell’s Government Contracts Practice will keep you up to date with a summary of the most notable bid protest sustain decision each month. With respect to interested party status, in post-award bid protests, a company must be an actual bidder or offeror with a direct economic interest in the procurement.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

14063 addresses the use of PLAs in the government contracts. The new rule proposed by the Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) revises the FAR contract clauses making the use of PLAs mandatory. 14063) issued on February 9, 2022.

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Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 16, 2024

Leverage platform resources and tools Some tendering platforms offer bid templates, compliance checklists, or even industry insights , which are helpful resources for any bidder in the procurement process. How Are Public Sector Contracts Different From Private Contracts?

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Her passion for helping others understand government contracting led her to join forces with data scientist Marcelo Blanco and establish B2Gov. B2Gov is aware that some government suppliers are highly efficient and knowledgeable of the market, so they offer these customers a more customized service to cater to their specific needs. “A

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GovSpend

APRIL 5, 2023

Evaluation of bids: Government agencies will evaluate bids based on a variety of criteria, including cost, technical capabilities, and past performance. Award of contracts: The winning bidder(s) will be awarded a contract to provide the goods or services required by the government agency.

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