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The Case for Intervening in Bid Protests: It’s Almost Always the Right Call

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You’re a federal government contractor who just won a contract award. But, before you pop the champagne, there’s a hiccup: a competitor filed a bid protest challenging your award. “Oh, well,” you think, “the government can...more

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LOGC2 v. Zantech Bid Protest: Analyzing the GAO's Decision

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On February 20, 2018, LOGC2, Inc. lodged a protest against the Department of the Army contesting the award of a task order to Zantech IT Services, Inc. In their protest, LOGC2, Inc. alleged that the agency failed to...more

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UpSlope Protests Contract Decision by USTRANSCOM

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UpSlope Advisors, Inc. protested a decision by the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) of the award of a sole-source contract for enterprise information technology (IT) services to Eagle TG, LLC, a...more

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Teledyne Protests NASA Contact Award For Conflict Of Interest

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Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. protested a contract awarded to SGT, LCC by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).  The acquisition was for ground systems and operations services at Marshall Space Flight...more

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PilieroMazza Bid Protest Victories Help Contractors Address Key Procurement Challenges

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As the federal government’s fiscal year draws to a close, we expect to see an increase in agencies awarding contracts and contractors protesting those awards. A bid protest is a significant event for any government...more

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OCI And Improper Best-Value Determination Bid Protest

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A procuring agency has wide latitude to define its evaluation criteria and relative priorities in soliciting quotations for services. Once it arrives at a decision, the agency must sufficiently document its justification for...more

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FAR Evaluation Requirements Cause Sustained Protest

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Consider a situation when you submitted a bid that was, admittedly, higher than a competitor’s bid, but you were the most qualified to complete the work. However, the soliciting agency granted the award to your competitor....more

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Contradictory Provisions Cause Bid Protest

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Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12, it must ensure the request not only follows the requirements outlined in the FAR but it must ensure the request is clearly written. If the request is unclear or sections contradict one...more

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Government Contracts Legal Round-Up | 2022 Issue 12

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Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more

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Government Contracts Legal Round-Up | 2022 Issue 9

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Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more

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Unclear Request for Proposal Leads to Bid Protest

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A Request for Proposal (RFP) is a document the government (and commercial companies) uses when soliciting responses from contractors on a particular government requirement. The document lists all the criteria and needs of a...more

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Eminent IT Protests Contract Award by Department of State

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Eminent IT, LLC, protested a contract award decision by the Department of State (DOS). The contract was for the maintenance, operation, and management of PeopleSoft in a production environment using Scaled Agile Framework...more

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How Government Contracts Are Awarded and Tips to Improve Your Win Rate

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A contractor’s proposal is evaluated based on the use of labor and resources with the performance promised. These contracts are based on how different factors in proposals are valued by government agencies. Below you will...more

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DoD Issues Final Rule Implementing Enhanced Debriefing Requirement

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On March 18, 2022, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a final rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to mandate that DoD provide enhanced postaward debriefings to contractors. As we...more

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Government Contracts Legal Round-Up | 2022 Issue 5

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Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more

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Pasha Hawaii Holdings Protests Contract Award

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Pasha Hawaii Holdings LLC protested a contract awarded to Crowley Government Services, Inc. by the Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (MARAD). The contract was to acquire, operate, and maintain replacement...more

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Price Premium must be Adequately Justified in Best-Value Decision

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When issuing a solicitation, the solicitor can assess the bids or quotations using a best-value tradeoff evaluation. The tradeoff evaluation process is used when it is in the best interest of the solicitor, in this case the...more

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Bid Protests – I Filed an Agency Level Bid Protest, Now What?

Assuming you have filed a timely bid protest that meets the various procedural requirements at one of the three bid protest forums – the procuring agency, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), and the U.S. Court of...more

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Bid Protests – What Remedies Are Available?

After filing and receiving a favorable decision in a bid protest, many protesters wonder what happens as a result of a successful protest. Specifically, protesters always want to know, if I am successful in my bid protest,...more

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Securing the Supply Chain – CMMC Draft Version 0.7 Issued

Last month we reported on the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) issuance of Version 0.6 of its draft Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) standard. That draft included DoD updates and revisions to CMMC’s domains,...more

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