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

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

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

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

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

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

An offer on a government contract is normally subject to a specified offer (bid or proposal) acceptance period. Standard Form (“SF”) 33, Solicitation, Offe...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Agencies continue to make errors in the way they handle discussions with offerors in the competitive range. Recently, in Language Select LLP, B-415097, Nov....

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

Offerors must take advantage of every opportunity they are given to maximize their chance for award in negotiated procurements. Unfortunately, not ever offe...

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

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

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

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