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SBA’s Rule-of-Two Proposal Targets Increased Small-Business Set-Asides

On October 25, the Small Business Administration proposed a rule intended to increase small business participation in multiple-award contracts. The rule would apply the “Rule of Two” to task and delivery orders issued under...more

Maynard Nexsen

SBA Issues Proposed Rule to Require "Rule of Two" for Orders Under Multiple Award Contracts

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Today, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would expand the application of the "rule of two" (for small business) to orders under multiple award contracts. The proposed rule is welcome news for small...more

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Bid Protest Lessons Learned From Oak Grove Technologies

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With another government fiscal year in the books, contractors may be anticipating the next season of bid protests. The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Oak Grove Technologies v. United States offers a timely set of...more

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SAM Registered I Am Part 3: A Journey Through the Recent Case Law, Practical Tips and Guidance for Registering in SAM, and...

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We have actively monitored the drum beat of bid protest decisions addressing lapses in an offeror’s System for Award Management (SAM.gov or SAM) registration and their impact on an offeror’s eligibility for award. More recent...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Lessons Offered by Deficient Proposal Expelled from GSA Task Order Competition

Beyond their immediate purpose of resolving procurement disputes, bid protest decisions of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims are valuable in two other ways. First, these rulings...more

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Bid Protest Spotlight: Debriefings, Timeliness, Documentation

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...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Government Contractors Beware: The Trap of the Unintended Agency-Level Protest and Timeliness Implications

One forum to raise a protest against the award of a contract is at the agency responsible for the procurement, pursuant to the procedures set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 33.103. The procedures require that...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Keep Your Eyes on the Size: Small Business Size Protests

While most contractors think of the Government Accountability Office and Court of Federal Claims (or even the agency) when considering whether to challenge a government contract award, there are additional options for small...more

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7 (Other) Reasons to Intervene in Bid Protests: What Awardees Need to Know

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With just a week to go in FY24, federal agencies are rushing to spend those "use it or lose it" dollars. And while there are a number of reasons that support filing a bid protest when you're an unsuccessful offeror – this...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Bid Protest Minute: COFC Makes It Clear; SAM Registration Can Sink a Proposal

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On September 10, the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) issued an opinion in Zolon PCS II, LLC v. United States, holding that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA or Agency) unreasonably issued a deviation from FAR...more

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

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...more

Stevens & Lee

New Jersey Bidders Beware 2.0 – If in Doubt, File a Timely Appeal to the Rejection of Your State Agency Specification Challenge

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In a prior post, we discussed the importance of timeliness in challenging bid specifications. Let’s assume that your company takes issue with one of the specifications published by a New Jersey state agency in a request for...more

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June 2024 Bid Protest Roundup

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...more

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Ruling on an Issue of First Impression, US COFC Finds Protest Jurisdiction Over Challenge to a Follow-On Production Other...

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On July 16, 2024, the Court of Federal Claims (“COFC” or “Court”) published an opinion, Independent Rough Terrain Center, LLC v. United States, exercising jurisdiction to consider a bid protest involving Other Transaction...more

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Welcome Clarity Regarding the Ability to Challenge Other Transaction Follow-On Production Awards  

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We have addressed on this blog questions relating to jurisdiction at the GAO, Court of Federal Claims (CFC), and district courts to hear suits relating to awards using the government’s Other Transaction (OT) authority....more

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

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...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

COFC Says GAO has been wrong on Photocopied Bid Bond Signatures for Decades

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Late last year, the Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”) contradicted long-standing Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) precedent on the acceptability of photocopied signatures on bid bonds finding that the Government’s...more

Blank Rome LLP

60-Second Sustains: Sparksoft Corporation

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Sparksoft Corporation - B-422440;.2 - • The awardee’s Systems Security Officer (“SSO”) was awarded a positive finding for holding a certified information systems security professional (“CISSP”) certification....more

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Federal Circuit Increases Jurisdictional Scope for Bid Protests in Percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States

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On June 7, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit broadened the Court of Federal Claims’ ability to oversee bid protests in Percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States. This case arose out of a bid protest to an...more

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Bid Protest Spotlight: Mapping, Jurisdiction, Incumbency

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...more

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Big Bang?: The Federal Circuit, Percipient.ai, and Expanding Jurisdiction

In Percipient.ai v. United States, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may have triggered a legal “Big Bang” moment in government procurement law. The case centered on whether the Federal Acquisition Streamlining...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Federal Circuit Expands What It Means to be an ‘Interested Party’ to Bring Bid Protest

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) continues to redefine the Court of Federal Claims’ (COFC) ability to hear cases affecting all stages of the federal procurement process....more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Can the Government Ignore Red Flags of Set-Aside Fraud?

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The Federal Government is committed to developing its relationship with small and disadvantaged businesses through set-aside contracts that incentivize and protect these companies from competing with large, established...more

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Open the Floodgates: Divided Federal Circuit Panel Expands Access to Court of Federal Claims

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The Federal Circuit last Friday issued a decision that is, as the dissent put it, “a very important government contract case.” In Percipient.ai v. United States, the Federal Circuit adopted a narrow construction of the FASA...more

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Federal Circuit Expands Standing and Jurisdiction in Protests at the Court

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WHAT: In Percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States, a split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) “task order bar” does not apply to claims that an...more

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