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.
Government Contracts & Global Trade
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The most important section in your federal proposal and contract will always be pricing – just ask any CEO or federal buyer. But in today’s government market, there are a lot of areas that can confuse a contractor’s pricing strategy. And when you win the bid, the questions remain: “will we make a profit?”
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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.
SmallGovCon
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
As we look forward to fall traditions like turkey and mashed potatoes, pumpkin spice, and leaf peeping, don’t sleep on another fall tradition, the GAO bid protest report. This report is GAO’s summary of bid protests for the previous fiscal year. It also summarizes the general statistics for bid protest decisions.
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.
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.
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