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Watchdog Nixes Bidder's Protest To Low $159M Air Force Deal

Government Contracts

Air Force flight training contract, when the service branch never indicated it would check if bidders' prices were realistic. Government Accountability Office said an aviation company couldn't question the feasibility of a rival's $159 million U.S.

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

Federal News Network

Before GAO got to a decision there, the agency took corrective action, held exchanges with Cogent and ASG, got revised quotations, and then decided that actually it was going to award to Cogent which had a substantially lower price. What happens in these situations when you have too close bidders. Tom Temin Yeah. Pun intended.

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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 then assuming you passed, they would assess you based on technical approach and capability, and price. Price was a typical submitted a proposal submission, but for technical approach and capability. But the source selection authority made a basic mistake.

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YOU MAY NOT INCREASE YOUR PRICE IN A BID EXTENSION

Public Contracting Institute

The purpose of the extension is to freeze prices while the agency makes its selection, or takes other action. Increasing prices as part of an offeror’s extension will disqualify that offer. Instead of extending its bid (at the bid prices), Global submitted a revised bid with approximately a 2 percent price increase.

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The Problem with Bid Prices in Numbers and Words

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Tennessee construction attorney Matthew DeVries has described the outcome of an Alabama court case in which a bidder left out the word "thousand" in a bid price and was held to the significantly lower bid amount by the public agency.

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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.

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Conti Federal to Construct Maintenance Hangar at Ellsworth AFB Under $135M USACE Contract

GovCon Wire

million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. The Department of Defense said Thursday the Orlando, Florida-based contractor, which won against three other bidders, is expected to complete the project by May 28, Conti Federal Services has secured a $135.5

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