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DoD raises formal performance concerns on multibillion dollar moving contract

Federal News Network

The Defense Department has issued a formal notice to the contractor on its household goods moving contract , asking the firm to justify recent performance issues that appear to violate the terms of the multibillion dollar contract. billion GHC contract after a prolonged series of bid protests.

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No Protesting Canceled Contracts, Says COFC

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Often contractors will protest an award, then learn that the contract at issue was cancelled by the government due to corrective action. Court of Federal Claims (COFC) heard a bid protest in which a protested procurement saw its contract and orders cancelled due to corrective action, but the protester wanted to continue protesting.

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Exploring Sole-Source Contracts: A Shortcut to Federal Success?

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Sole-source contracts offer businesses a unique opportunity to secure federal contracts without the competitive bidding process. These contracts are awarded directly to a single vendor, often because they provide something no other company can. What Are Sole-Source Contracts? Who Qualifies for Sole-Source Contracts?

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DoD’s multi-billion dollar moving contract faces another legal challenge

Federal News Network

billion Global Household Goods contract (GHC) are unusual too, and justify the sort of late-in-the-day legal claim that courts typically frown on. Suit alleges CICA violations The suit asks the Court of Federal Claims to terminate the GHC contract and order U.S. But the plaintiffs argue the circumstances surrounding the militarys $17.9

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Coming to a contract protest near you, loser pays legal fees

Federal News Network

One of the things that you’ve pointed out in analysis is that one of the characteristics of this pilot program that GAO and DoD are supposed to devise is an enhanced pleading standard for protesters to meet before they may obtain DoD’s administrative procurement records in GAO protests of DoD contracts. Put that in English for us.

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DOE Awards Potential $1.1B DUF6 Conversion Contract to Mission Conversion Services Alliance

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The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center has awarded a contract to Mission Conversion Services Alliance for the continued management and operation of all uranium hexafluoride activities at the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office, or PPPO. billion, if

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Building Opportunities: How Construction Expos Help Contractors Secure Federal Infrastructure Contracts

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Contractors Secure Federal Infrastructure Contracts The federal government continues to invest heavily in infrastructure, from rebuilding highways and bridges to constructing military facilities and disaster recovery projects.

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