Recently, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a report on the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (“LPTA”) process of...

Agencies must strictly adhere to the procurement method as set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”). Failure to do so may...

In an Army procurement for web-based postage, Pitney Bowes, Inc., B-416220, July 11, 2018, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”)...

For nearly a century the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) and its predecessor, the General Accounting Office, have provided an...

You may think that allowing offerors only 44 minutes to respond to a solicitation for quotations is too short a time, but the Government...

Two recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) bid protest decisions are interesting because in both cases, the GAO held that a task...

An offer on a government contract is normally subject to a specified offer (bid or proposal) acceptance period. Standard Form (“SF”)...

Even though the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or “Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or...

Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 15.307 states that “[a]t the conclusion of discussions, each offeror still in the competitive...

What is a fair market price, or a fair and reasonable price? The Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) requires that in a small...

It is an important rule of interpretation for both solicitations and contracts that the reader must examine the plain language of the...

The general rule in government procurement is that when a contractor submits an offer, it must be on time as stated in the solicitation. ...

In a recent bid protest case, the Court of Federal Claims included two important conclusions: (1) in determining whether a deficiency or...

Agencies continue to make errors in the way they handle discussions with offerors in the competitive range. Recently, in Language Select...

The RAND Corporation, at the request of the Congress in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) recently completed a study...

Offerors must take advantage of every opportunity they are given to maximize their chance for award in negotiated procurements. ...

A recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) bid protest decision held that the source selection authority did not meaningfully...

Past performance is a significant aspect of source selection in negotiated procurement. When faced with an adverse performance review...

This blog has frequently frowned on any government contractor taking oral advice from any government official, even a contracting officer....

The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently confirmed that it has no bid protest jurisdiction over procurements made by the...