GAO reminds offerors that it’s important to substantiate key personnel’s...
Putting your best foot, or best personnel, forward seems like “Winning the Contract Award 101.” But a refresher course never hurts. Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision in...
View ArticleDon’t rely on a procuring agency to track down past performance questionnaires
Given how much emphasis federal procurement law properly places on fairness, it can be easy to assume that government buyers must do everything necessary to ensure a fair procurement. But that’s not...
View ArticleGAO: SAM registration is a matter of contractor responsibility, not bid...
Government contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and complete required representations and certifications annually. FAR 52.204-7 also requires bidders, with some...
View ArticleBeware of the automated email response
Don’t rely on an out-of-office notification to keep you in the competition. The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recently-published decision in Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., B-418946,...
View ArticleAvoid having your early bid deemed late on federal projects
Bidder beware. Interpreting federal law can sometimes feel like solving a riddle. For example, when is an early bid late? In the case, In re Sea Box, Inc., the Government Accountability Office (GAO)...
View ArticleGAO: In “best value” procurement agency has wide discretion to pay price premium
When it comes to “best value” evaluations, agencies ordinarily have broad discretion to accept higher-rated, higher-priced proposals. How broad is that discretion? Well, in one recent case, the GAO...
View ArticleGAO clarifies its jurisdiction over OTA protests
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), in Spartan Medical, Inc., B-419503, recently clarified the scope of its jurisdiction over bid protests involving an agency’s use of its other transaction...
View ArticleLeave sufficient time to deal with technical difficulties when submitting a...
Offerors must be alert to the possibility of technology difficulties when electronically submitting a proposal for a federal procurement as the general rule regarding proposal submissions is that “late...
View ArticlePast performance isn’t always a required evaluation factor, says GAO
For companies trying to break into the government market for the first time, past performance can seem a bit like the old chicken-and-egg conundrum. Sometimes it can appear like a company can’t win a...
View ArticleGAO holds solicitation requirement violates SBA’s regulations regarding small...
In a recent decision, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protest challenging the terms of a solicitation, as the solicitation impermissibly required that a protégé and mentor in a...
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