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
10/11/2024
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Bid Solicitation ,
COFC ,
Contracting Procedures ,
Eligibility ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
GAO ,
Offerors ,
Prime Contractor ,
Registration ,
System For Award Management (SAM)
WHAT: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a disappointed offeror’s protest alleging that a solicitation’s inclusion of FAR 52.204-7 required the awardee to be found ineligible because its System for Award...more
[*Editor’s note: Humans wrote this article without using ChatGPT. Recent news events, of which we hope all attorneys are aware, suggested this was the better course.]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be infiltrating...more
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) grows in popularity, discussion of its potential uses and risks is everywhere. The Department of Defense (DoD) is no exception and has been considering how AI development can be helpful or...more
6/14/2023
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Defense Sector ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Digital Platforms ,
GAO ,
National Intelligence Agencies ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Supply Chain ,
Surveillance ,
Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications
WHAT: The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) issued a final rule implementing the requirement for enhanced debriefings established in Section 818 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2018 and since...more
On today’s episode of the Women in Government Contracting podcast, Wiley partners Tracye Howard and Kara Sacilotto are joined by Edda Emmanuelli Perez, General Counsel of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Edda,...more
WHAT: In a decision released on February 4, 2022, the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) declined to follow the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO’s) rule that offerors are obligated to inform agencies when proposed key...more
WHAT: On December 7, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) issued a decision in Harmonia Holdings Grp., LLC v. United States, No. 2020-1538, preserving the waiver rule established...more
As experienced protest counsel, we know (i) that you can pick lint off of any procurement; and (ii) because of that fact, a protester alleging error in the procurement process needs to show that the error was “prejudicial.”...more
10/30/2020
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Bid Solicitation ,
COFC ,
Defense Sector ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Procurement Systems ,
FedRAMP ,
GAO ,
Infrastructure ,
Oracle ,
Prejudice ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Public Procurement Policies