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NASA Bid Protests Government Accountability Office

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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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Bid Protest Minute: Proving an Organizational Conflict of Interest Exists

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On December 20, 2023, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied an unsuccessful bidder’s protest, arguing, among other things, that the procurement was tainted by an appearance of impropriety after the agency...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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Challenging Other Transaction Agreements – Navigating the Jurisdictional Highway

The origination of Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) traces back to the October 1957 launch of Sputnik I by the Soviet Union and the subsequent Space Race. Congress created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...more

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July 2022 Bid Protest Roundup: Standing, Delivery Orders, Conflicts

This month’s bid protest round up focuses on three recent decisions from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). These decisions involve (1) standing at the Court where protest...more

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The Black Hole of Protest Jurisdiction: Can I Challenge the Award of an “Other Transaction Agreement”?

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While most federal procurements are conducted using the onerous regulations set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and agency supplements, agencies are increasingly relying on the more flexible, but...more

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GAO Bid Protest

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On September 24, 2020, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protest brought by Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. (Teledyne) against the $651.6 million National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)...more

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NASA Contract Termination Presents Key Bid Protest Lessons

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In an important decision addressing the burden of proof in procurement integrity cases, the U.S. Government Accountability Office recently sustained a protest brought by Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. against the $651.6...more

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GAO Calls Foul on Foosball: Social Gatherings Taint NASA Acquisition

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WHAT: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protest filed by Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. (Teledyne) challenging the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) award of a ground systems and...more

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FAR Council Publishes Rule on Raised Threshold for Task and Delivery Order Protests

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On May 1, 2018, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council published a final rule amending FAR 16.505(a)(10) to raise the minimum threshold for Government Accountability Office (GAO) protests of certain task and...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - May 2018

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Amendments Related to Sources of Electronic Parts - The Department of Defense (DoD) is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition...more

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Elevating Form Over Substance: OCI Waiver Challenges at GAO

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has exhibited little interest in evaluating the basis for agency decisions to waive organizational conflicts of interest (OCI). Where protesters have challenged agency waiver...more

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