The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently denied a protest where a company failed to price in its proposal required Contract Line Items Numbers (“CLINs”), and the agency did not request clarifications.  GovTranz, LLC, B-423249. March 25, 2025.  The solicitation (a request for proposals, or “RFP”) was for ground wheelchair transportation services. The solicitation sought ground wheelchair transportation services for patients at a Veterans Affairs Meical Center in A

The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) supported an agency decision and found a protester was ineligible for award where its...

The problem of improper use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in cases and pleadings has been a recurring theme over the past year or two....

Many government contract professionals think of “claims” as something that only contractors submit, but the Contract Disputes Act (“CDA”)...

In a Department of Commerce (“DOC”) procurement for technology services for a traffic coordination system, the non-selected contractor...

Ambiguity is an important concept in both a solicitation and in a contract.  There are two types of ambiguities—patent and latent.  Where...

A recent case at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (the “Board”) found the Air Force liable for a superior knowledge claim on...

The Government Accountability Office recently reminded us that the requirements in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) for Part 19...

The Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”) recently released a decision where it declined to dismiss (for lack of jurisdiction) a protest of a...

The Federal Circuit recently sent an appeal back to the Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”) because the lower court had dismissed the claim,...

You must be extremely careful with protected material obtained in a Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) protest.  BBGSRO, the...

There are literally hundreds (perhaps thousands) where the Government Accounting Office (“GAO”) has dismissed a protest because it was...

A recent decision by the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) explained that an agency had unreasonably determined that the statutory...

In a recent protest sustained by the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”), the GAO concluded that once an initial offer has been...

The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently considered a solicitation for a Federal Supply Service procurement that permitted...

The Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency (“DISA”), sought telecommunications services that would be used by the U.S....

The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (“ASBCA”) recently considered an appeal involving claim certification that was made in an...

On January 3, 2025 Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (“Booz Allen”) agreed to pay the United States $15,875,000 to resolve...

How can you determine from looking at a contract that it is, or is not a Department of Defense (“DOD”) contract? It’s a matter of...

In a recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) protest, the GAO again explained that agencies are not required to follow the rule...