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R.D. Lieberman,Consultant
- Oct 10, 2018
- 6 min
Recurring Agency Mistakes in Source Selection
For nearly a century the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) and its predecessor, the General Accounting Office, have provided an in...
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R.D. Lieberman,Consultant
- Jul 27, 2018
- 3 min
When is a Task Order Out of Scope?
Two recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) bid protest decisions are interesting because in both cases, the GAO held that a task...
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R.D. Lieberman,Consultant
- Jul 19, 2018
- 3 min
Extend Your Offer or Submit a Protest
An offer on a government contract is normally subject to a specified offer (bid or proposal) acceptance period. Standard Form (“SF”) 33...
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R.D. Lieberman,Consultant
- Jun 27, 2018
- 2 min
Unreasonable Restrictions on Quotation or Proposal Revisions
Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 15.307 states that “[a]t the conclusion of discussions, each offeror still in the competitive rang...
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R.D. Lieberman,Consultant
- Jun 11, 2018
- 5 min
What is a Fair Market Price in Set-Asides?
What is a fair market price, or a fair and reasonable price? The Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) requires that in a small busines...
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R.D. Lieberman,Consultant
- Jun 5, 2018
- 3 min
Latent Ambiguity
It is an important rule of interpretation for both solicitations and contracts that the reader must examine the plain language of the doc...
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R.D. Lieberman,Consultant
- May 15, 2018
- 3 min
The Late Offer Rule Does Not Apply to Quotations
The general rule in government procurement is that when a contractor submits an offer, it must be on time as stated in the solicitation. ...
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R.D. Lieberman,Consultant
- Jan 17, 2018
- 3 min
Oral Advice Cannot Amend a Solicitation
This blog has frequently frowned on any government contractor taking oral advice from any government official, even a contracting officer...
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