Sparksoft Corporation is denied protest of government’s reevaluation (AI) Jason Lee Bakke, July 31, 2023August 2, 2023 The protest concerns the award of a task order to RELI Group, Inc. under request…
Acquisition Another offeror’s win dreams dashed by a patent ambiguity: GAO protest Jason Lee Bakke, June 15, 2023June 19, 2023 In Correct Solutions, LLC (B-421533) before GAO, an RFP’s patent ambiguity foiled an offeror bidding a telecom contract.
Acquisition A Blue & Gold case provides an opportunity to define B&G Jason Lee Bakke, May 26, 2023August 26, 2023 A recent appeals court decision on an offeror’s waiver of Blue & Gold provides an opportunity to review what its rule means for offerors bidding on federal contracts. Blue & Gold is used as a term-of-art for the rule that an offeror must protest a patent ambiguity, as opposed to a latent ambiguity, prior to contract award. Without this rule, offerors could either protest preaward or “save” their patent-ambiguity protest until after they learned the award decision (and presumably had lost).
Acquisition House to OMB: Track obligations to businesses owned by military spouses Jason Lee Bakke, May 24, 2023May 25, 2023 A somewhat-bipartisan group of House members have written a letter to OMB requesting the following:…
Acquisition A streamlined approach to streamlining GSA Schedule fee payment processes Jason Lee Bakke, May 17, 2023May 17, 2023 As I write this, it’s the end of another government fiscal quarter, which starts a…
Acquisition Protest lessons on responsiveness, responsibility, and standing Jason Lee Bakke, April 6, 2023May 24, 2023 Thalle/Nicholson Joint Venture v United States, a Court of Federal Claims protest, provides a good review of standing and responsibility in federal contract protests and awards.
Acquisition Halved and quartered: Federal contractor reporting for April 2023 Jason Lee Bakke, April 2, 2023April 3, 2023 This is a regular reminder to federal contractors that a government fiscal quarter just ended. Therefore mandatory reports are due.
Acquisition New Labor portal live for mandatory EEO-1 equal employment reports Jason Lee Bakke, April 2, 2023May 24, 2023 Most companies have a June deadline to file EEO-1 report, as required by the Department of Labor.
Acquisition Proposed rule allows counting of lower-tier subcontracting against primes’ plans Jason Lee Bakke, March 17, 2023May 24, 2023 The Small Business Administration has proposed a rule to count lower-tier subcontracting against primes’ socioeconomic goals. So, rather than counting socioeconomic subcontracting amounts at the first-tier only, primes could take credit for subs further down the supply chain, that is, the subcontractors of subcontractors.
Acquisition The L-1011 TriStar ended Lockheed’s commercial dreams Jason Lee Bakke, February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 The L-1011 TriStar first flew November 1970 and was Lockheed’s brief foray into the passenger-jet market.