On July 10, 2017, the U.S. Senate placed the FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act on its Legislative Calendar. This action means the historically must-pass legislation is now ready for amendment and debate. Just as it did last year, the Senate Armed Services Committee (“SASC”) has included two provisions focused on bid protest reform. Given … Continue Reading
The GAO recently sustained a protest challenging the U.S. Coast Guard’s evaluation of past performance in a task order competition to obtain information technology support services under a multiple-award IDIQ enterprise acquisition gateway for leading edge solutions (EAGLE II) contract. Despite being decided in April, the decision was released recently to the public. SITEC Consulting, … Continue Reading
Submitting your company’s bid proposal close to the deadline can be risky and have grave consequences. The government has repeatedly rejected proposals submitted before, but received after, the deadline because of technical glitches. In submitting a proposal for a government contract, the onus is on the contractor to ensure that its proposal is received prior … Continue Reading
This post was written by Joelle E.K. Laszlo. As competition for contracts with U.S. federal government agencies increases, companies that seek to maintain or increase their government sales may set their sights on states instead. Indeed, this may already be happening: for one thing, more than 500 people attended the “How to Market to State Governments” … Continue Reading
In March, the Federal Circuit settled a split between the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) and the Court of Federal Claims that focused on the gray area between cooperative agreements and procurement contracts. Siding with the GAO, the appeals court ruled that the Department of Housing and Urban Development could not sidestep federal competition requirements by … Continue Reading
On January 2, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) provided its annual report to Congress of bid-protest activity for fiscal year (“FY”) 2013. The primary purpose of these reports is to meet the Comptroller General’s requirement under the Competition in Contracting Act to inform Congress of each instance in which a federal agency declined to … Continue Reading
This post was also written by Gunjan Talati and Robert Helland. While the world did not end Friday, December 21, 2012, as some had feared, last Friday still struck terror in the hearts of many government contractors. That’s because last Friday, lawmakers and the president embarked on their recesses, leaving the budget talks unresolved, and … Continue Reading
