Mike Purdy's Public Contracting
MAY 24, 2018
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. Click here to read Mr. DeVries brief blog post on this court case.
GovCon & Trade
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The protestor’s proposed price was $30,478,050, and its total evaluated price was $30,566,297. The intervenor’s proposed price was $24,848,774, and its total evaluated price was $25,116,561. In response, the Navy insisted that the intervenor’s proposed price of $24.8 4106(f)(1) and 10 U.S.C.
Whistleblower Network News
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
collectively Dell), located in Austin, Texas, agreed to pay $2,300,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting non-competitive bids to the U.S. Dell allegedly operated a deal registration program that gave advantageous pricing to Iron Bow to sell Dell products to the Army.
GovCon & Trade
DECEMBER 18, 2023
The GAO decision provides an in-depth look at the high evidentiary bar associated with proving governmental bias in bid protests and the need to have definitive evidence before making such a claim. Specifically, in limited circumstances, the Court of Federal Claims allows for discovery to supplement the record in a bid protest.
GovCon & Trade
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
On October 26, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sent its annual bid protest report to Congress, which reflected a dramatic increase in protests filed following four straight years of decline. The report provides important insights into the current state of GAO bid protests. Higher effectiveness rate.
SmallGovCon
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
If you feel like prices for just about everything are going up, you’re not alone. In federal government contracting, however, a contractor may not have the same leeway to raise its prices. then filed a bid protest with the GAO, challenging various aspects of CMS’s evaluation. B-421917.2,
Mike Purdy's Public Contracting
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
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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