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Bid Protests
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Inside Government Contracts
Percipient.ai, Inc. v. U.S.: Government Requests Reconsideration of Federal Circuit’s Decision on Bid Protest Jurisdiction and Standing
As previously discussed on this blog, the Federal Circuit issued a major decision in June 2024 addressing bid protest jurisdiction and standing at the Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”): Percipient.ai,…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Keep Your Eyes on the Size: Small Business Size Protests
By Emily Theriault, Sheppard Mullin
While most contractors think of the Government Accountability Office and Court of Federal Claims (or even the agency) when considering whether to challenge a government contract award, there are additional…
GovCon & Trade
Bid Protest Minute: COFC Makes It Clear; SAM Registration Can Sink a Proposal
On September 10, the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) issued an opinion in Zolon PCS II, LLC v. United States, holding that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA or Agency) unreasonably…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
August 2024 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month
By Cherie Owen
As Summer Comes to a Close, So Does GAO’s Sustain Drought In last month’s Bid Protest Sustain of the Month installment, we noted that GAO was suffering from a sustain…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Post-Award Challenges to Flawed Best-Value Tradeoff Analyses
Under best-value evaluation schemes, government evaluators are typically required to qualitatively assess the offerors’ proposals based on the stated evaluation criteria in the solicitation to determine which proposal represents the…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Bid Protests: GAO Reminds Would-Be Protesters – Timing Is Everything
By Amy Laderberg O'Sullivan, Issac Schabes
What You Need to Know Key takeaway #1Protests of an agency’s actions during corrective action can raise tricky timeliness issues—if the protest could be construed as challenging the ground rules of…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Protesting Insufficient Documentation of Evaluation Decisions
Government agencies must document their evaluations decisions in sufficient detail to provide a reasonable basis to support an award. When a protestor challenges the reasonableness of the government’s evaluation in…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
July 2024 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month
By Cherie Owen
The following is an installment in Crowell & Moring’s Bid Protest Sustain of the Month Series. In this series, Crowell’s Government Contracts Practice will keep you up to date with a…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
June 2024 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month
By Cherie Owen
GAO issued three sustain decisions in June, but the Sparksoft Corporation decision stands out for its discussion of prejudice. In Sparksoft, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sought…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Protesting Lapses in SAM Registration During Evaluation Period
*** REGULATORY UPDATE: On November 12, 2024, the General Services Administration, Department of Defense, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration issued an interim rule, which went into effect the same day. The interim…