5 Things You Should Know: Affiliation – SmallGovCon
Affiliation can turn your small business into a large one, and cause you to lose a contract award. Here are five things to know about affiliation.
Affiliation can turn your small business into a large one, and cause you to lose a contract award. Here are five things to know about affiliation.
GAO denied a protest where offeror’s proposed product did not meet agency’s salient characteristics–should the offeror have filed a pre-award protest?
Source: Salient Characteristics in Government Solicitations: Close Isn’t Good Enough – SmallGovCon
A contractor submitted its proposal by email, and received an email receipt–but the email receipt wasn’t enough to prove the agency got the proposal.
Source: GAO: Email Delivery Receipt Didn’t Confirm Proposal Submission – SmallGovCon
An 8(a) Program participant was terminated from the 8(a) Program for failing to timely provide its SBA 8(a) annual review forms, and the termination was upheld
Source: 8(a) Program: Participant Terminated For Missing Annual Review – SmallGovCon
A company’s pre-award protest of a government solicitation effectively became moot when the agency announced that it intended to award the protester a contract.
Source: Presumptive Awardee Ineligible to Challenge Solicitation Terms, Says GAO – SmallGovCon
A challenge to an approved-source restriction in a solicitation must be filed before the deadline for proposals, or the protest may be deemed untimely.
Source: Protest of Approved-Source Restriction Must Be Filed Before Proposal Deadline – SmallGovCon
Government contractor cybersecurity is essential. The director of the Kansas SBDC Cybersecurity Center for Small Business discussed how contractors can get help
An offeror’s protest of a proposed corrective action was premature where the offeror merely anticipated potential adverse action, according to a recent GAO bid
Source: Protest of Proposed Corrective Action Premature, Says GAO – SmallGovCon
An agency’s oral advice, given at a pre-proposal conference, didn’t amend the terms of the solicitation.
Source: GAO: Agency’s Oral Advice Didn’t Amend Solicitation – SmallGovCon
A protester didn’t recover GAO bid protest costs even after a corrective action that occurred eight months after the protest process began.
Source: GAO: Agency Corrective Action After Eight Months of Protests Was Not “Unduly Delayed” – SmallGovCon