GAO sustained a bid protest based on an agency’s application of an unstated evaluation criteria that was not logically encompassed in the solicitation
Source: Agency’s Reliance on Unstated Evaluation Criteria Leads to Sustained Protest – SmallGovCon
When an agency performs a cost realism evaluation under a solicitation involving significant labor, the agency must evaluate direct compensation, not just fully
Source: Cost Realism: Agency Must Evaluate Employee Compensation Rates – SmallGovCon
An agency was permitted to allow oral proposal revisions in a task order competition conducted under FAR 16.505, according to a GAO bid protest decision.
Source: GAO: Oral Final Proposal Revisions Were Permissible – SmallGovCon
GAO’s jurisdiction to hear most civilian agency task and delivery order protests expired on September 30, 2016, as confirmed in a recent GAO bid protest
Source: GAO’s Jurisdiction Over Most Civilian Task Order Protests Has Expired – SmallGovCon
Under a new proposed rule, the SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals, will have the ability to review petitions challenging SBA size standards.
Source: SBA Proposed Rule Will Allow SBA OHA Size Standard Appeals – SmallGovCon
An offeror’s proposal to hire incumbent personnel–but pay those personnel less than they are earning under the incumbent contract–presents an “obvious” price realism concern that an agency must address when price realism is a component of the evaluation.
Source: GAO: Lower-Paid Incumbents An “Obvious” Price Realism Concern – SmallGovCon
An agency did not properly publicize a solicitation where the solicitation was placed in a government office over a weekend.
Source: GAO: No “Public Posting” Of Solicitation In Closed Government Office – SmallGovCon
Government contracts attorney Steven Koprince will present four Learning Sessions at the 2016 National Veterans Small Business Engagement in Minneapolis.
Source: SDVOSBs & VOSBs: I’ll See You In Minneapolis For NVSBE 2016 – SmallGovCon
The government bears the burden of proving the amount of an equitable adjustment based on a reduced scope of work.
Source: Government Must Prove Amount Of Unilateral Price Reduction – SmallGovCon
In the SBA’s HUBZone program, an employee must reside in a HUBZone on the award date of a HUBZone contract in order to count toward the HUBZone 35% residency
Source: HUBZone Program: Employees Must Reside In HUBZones On Award Date – SmallGovCon