Government Contracts Insights

October 04, 2024 - Protests & Litigation
Bid Protest Spotlight: Debriefings, Timeliness, Documentation
By: James A. Tucker
This article is part of a monthly column that provides takeaways from recent bid protest cases. In this installment, we highlight decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
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September 09, 2024 - Protests & Litigation
Bid Protest Spotlight: Rule Of Two, Post Award, Cost Request
By: Alissandra Young McCann
This article is part of a monthly column that provides takeaways from recent bid protest cases. This installment highlights three decisions from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Each of this month's decisions addresses a different type of challenge: a solicitation challenge during the course
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August 12, 2024 - Protests & Litigation
Bid Protest Spotlight: Misplaced Information, Conclusory Tradeoffs, and Inexperienced Protégés
By: James A. Tucker
This month’s bid protest roundup summarizes three protest decisions released in July. The first discusses an agency’s ability to ignore information that an offeror does not place in the correct part of its proposal. The second addresses an agency’s duty to document why a proposal’s technical
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July 25, 2024 - Protests & Litigation
June 2024 Bid Protest Roundup
By: Caitlin A. Crujido
This month’s Bid Protest Roundup highlights three recent protests from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The first protest concerns whether the protester is an interested party; the second involves the adequacy of an agency’s investigation into a potential Procurement Integrity Act violation; and the third
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July 18, 2024 - Protests & Litigation, Compliance
Court of Federal Claims Potentially Expands Its Other Transaction (OT) Bid Protest Jurisdiction
By: Locke Bell
A recent decision, Independent Rough Terrain Center, LLC v. United States (“ IRTC ”), [1] confirms the U.S. Court of Federal Claims has jurisdiction over bid protests related to follow-on production contracts arising out of other transaction (“OTs”) for Department of Defense prototype projects. The
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June 25, 2024 - Protests & Litigation
Bid Protest Spotlight: Mapping, Jurisdiction, Incumbency
By: Nicole E. Giles
The first decision, Kearney & Co. v. U.S. , explores the ability of contractors to use labor mapping to bridge differences between an agency's stated needs and a contractor's offerings under its U.S. General Services Administration federal supply schedule contracts.[1] The second details GAO
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June 06, 2024 - Protests & Litigation, Compliance
Has the GAO Opened the Door to Certain Other Transaction (OT) Bid Protests?
By: Locke Bell
Bid protests of other transaction agreements, also known as “OTs” or “OTAs,” are a common topic for this blog. These federal agreements differ from your everyday procurement contracts in that they are not subject to the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR),
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April 22, 2024 - Protests & Litigation
Bid Protest Spotlight: Unwitting Disclosure, Agency Deference
By: Roke Iko
This month’s Bid Protest Roundup highlights two Procurement Integrity Act (PIA) decisions from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and one solicitation interpretation decision from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Associated Energy Group v. U.S. In Associated Energy Group , the Court of
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April 01, 2024 - Protests & Litigation
March 2024 Bid Protest Roundup: “Each Procurement Stands on Its Own”; Responsibility Determinations; Trade Agreement Act Compliance
By: James A. Tucker
In our bid protest roundup for March, we consider three recent decisions of the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The first explains why similar proposals for similar requirements under similar evaluation criteria may legitimately receive very different ratings from one procurement to the next. The
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March 07, 2024 - Protests & Litigation
Bid Protest Spotlight: Conflict, Latent Ambiguity, Cost Realism
By: Markus Gerhard Speidel
This month’s Bid Protest Roundup highlights a trio of U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decisions. The first decision, Deloitte Consulting , highlights the risk of severing a teaming partner after quote submission. The second, Kauffman and Associates, Inc. , illustrates how a latent ambiguity in the
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Topic Archives: Protests & Litigation

Bid Protest Spotlight: Debriefings, Timeliness, Documentation

By: James A. Tucker

Bid Protest Spotlight: Rule Of Two, Post Award, Cost Request

By: Alissandra Young McCann

Bid Protest Spotlight: Misplaced Information, Conclusory Tradeoffs, and Inexperienced Protégés

By: James A. Tucker

June 2024 Bid Protest Roundup

By: Caitlin A. Crujido

Court of Federal Claims Potentially Expands Its Other Transaction (OT) Bid Protest Jurisdiction

By: Locke Bell

Bid Protest Spotlight: Mapping, Jurisdiction, Incumbency

By: Nicole E. Giles

Has the GAO Opened the Door to Certain Other Transaction (OT) Bid Protests?

By: Locke Bell

Bid Protest Spotlight: Unwitting Disclosure, Agency Deference

By: Roke Iko

March 2024 Bid Protest Roundup: “Each Procurement Stands on Its Own”; Responsibility Determinations; Trade Agreement Act Compliance

By: James A. Tucker

Bid Protest Spotlight: Conflict, Latent Ambiguity, Cost Realism

By: Markus Gerhard Speidel