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Topic Archives: Protests & Litigation

  • February 2020 Bid Protest Roundup (Law360 Spotlight)
    - Protests & Litigation

    February 2020 Bid Protest Roundup (Law360 Spotlight)

    By: Sandeep N. Nandivada

    This installment of our monthly Law360 bid protest spotlight features three noteworthy decisions from the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) concerning reprocurement contracts, timeliness rules, and discussions. Steel Point Solutions, LLC addresses the proper scope of reprocurement contracts. Vizocom provides a cautionary tale for contractors
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  • January 2020 Bid Protest Roundup
    - Protests & Litigation

    January 2020 Bid Protest Roundup

    By: Locke Bell

    This installment of our monthly Law360 bid protest bid protest spotlight examines three protest decisions addressing challenges to contractor performance assessment reports (“CPARs”), procurements through the General Services Administration’s (“GSA”) Federal Supply Schedules (“FSS”), and standing to protest. In Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc. , the
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  • Court of Federal Claims Marks Its Territory, Confirms CDA Jurisdiction Over Proprietary Legends
    - Protests & Litigation, Defense, Compliance, Data Rights, Intellectual Property

    Court of Federal Claims Marks Its Territory, Confirms CDA Jurisdiction Over Proprietary Legends

    By: James A. Tucker and Locke Bell

    The Court of Federal Claims recently affirmed its jurisdiction to settle disputes over protective markings in Raytheon Co. v. United States. [i] In that case, Raytheon asked the Court to review a contracting officer’s demand that Raytheon replace its common proprietary, not-subject-to-release-under-FOIA [ii] marking
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  • 2019 Protest Roundup
    - Protests & Litigation

    2019 Protest Roundup

    By: Victoria Dalcourt Angle

    This installment of our Law360 bid protest spotlight examines two protest decisions released in December, provides a year-end review of key bid protest decisions from 2019, and discusses a few takeaways from the U.S. Government Accountability Office ‘s fiscal year 2019 report on its
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  • GAO Bid Protest Statistics for FY 2019
    - Protests & Litigation

    GAO Bid Protest Statistics for FY 2019

    By: James A. Tucker

    The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released its report on bid protest statistics for Fiscal Year 2019. As in past years, the GAO’s figures count supplemental protests by the same protester and other parties’ protests of the same procurement as separate cases. This means
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  • October 2019 Bid Protest Round-Up
    - Protests & Litigation

    October 2019 Bid Protest Round-Up

    By: Victoria Dalcourt Angle

    This installment of our monthly bid protest Law360 spotlight examines three protest decisions released in October 2019. In the first decision, Akira Technologies, Inc. v. United States , COFC No. 19-1160C (Fed. Cl. Oct. 10, 2019), the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) concluded that
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  • September 2019 Bid-Protest Roundup
    - Protests & Litigation

    September 2019 Bid-Protest Roundup

    By: Sandeep N. Nandivada

    This installment of our monthly bid protest Law360 spotlight examines three protest decisions released in September 2019. The first decision, ServeFed, Inc. , B-417708, September 18, 2019, 2019 CPD ¶ ___, discusses the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) task-order jurisdiction. The second decision, Far North
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