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The Small Business Administration is a United States federal agency established in 1953 by the Small Business Act. The SBA is dedicated to assisting and supporting small business and entreprenuers. The SBA carries out its mission through a variety of programs including providing financial and federal contract procurement assistance, management assistance, and specialized outreach to women, minorities and armed forces veterans. less -

The Company You Keep: FCA Investigations of 8(a) Program Contractors

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/12/2024

Federal government contracts are routinely awarded to companies supplying goods and services to U.S. government agencies. According to the Government Accountability Office, in 2023, the federal government committed about $759...more

What Makes a Successful Protest at the Court of Federal Claims

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/1/2024

In a previous article, we analyzed what made protests successful at the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) in Fiscal Year 2023 (“FY23”). Now, we want to share some insights we gained while conducting the same analysis...more

UpSlope Protests Contract Decision by USTRANSCOM

Whitcomb Selinsky, PC on 9/29/2023

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

Responsibility vs. Responsiveness: A Critical Difference Saves Flawed Initial Bid

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 7/7/2022

As a general matter, an agency should reject a bid out of hand if it is deemed defective due to problems with bidder responsiveness. However, flawed bids determined on account of issues with bidder responsibility can be...more

May 2022 Bid Protest Roundup: Errors, Subcontractors, Bundling

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 6/10/2022

This month's bid protest spotlight focuses on one recent U.S. Court of Federal Claims decision and two U.S. Government Accountability Office decisions. While all three protests were unsuccessful, each serves as a different...more

Unclear Request for Proposal Leads to Bid Protest

Whitcomb Selinsky, PC on 4/28/2022

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

Eminent IT Protests Contract Award by Department of State

Whitcomb Selinsky, PC on 4/26/2022

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

Don’t Wait Too Long to Bring Your Protest or You’ll Miss Your Opportunity!

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters on 1/8/2021

Pre-award protests can be tricky. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) has jurisdiction to hear timely bid protests by interested parties regarding violations of procurement law or regulation. Under GAO rules, a...more

Learning from Bid Protests: Don’t Lose Your Protest Before You Begin

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 10/17/2017

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently published four protest decisions that were all denied due to timeliness issues. This string of cases serves as a reminder that no matter how strong a protest’s basis...more

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