A recent appeal of a North American Industry Classification System (“NAICS”) code demonstrates that there are certain circumstances where...

The Department of Justice ("DOJ") on May 7, 2019 issued new policy via the DOJ Manual pertaining to how it will award credit to defendant...

In a lowest-priced, technically acceptable acquisition by the Department of State using commercial item and simplified acquisition proced...

Readers of this blog are aware that in a procurement using sealed bidding, award must be made to the responsible bidder who submits the l...

A Military Interdepartmental Purchasing Request, or MIPR, is an internal funding document by which one military department or Department ...

Frequently, when an agency procurement has been protested at the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”), the agency can decide to take ...

This blog has frequently noted that in order to exercise an option properly to continue services, the Government must meet all contractua...

The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) has recently confirmed that in a reverse auction conducted on behalf of an agency by FedBid ...

Under the Size Regulations of the Small Business Administration (“SBA”), when there is affiliation between two or more businesses, the re...

The Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) of the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) has clearly indicated that a Woman-Owned concern ...

Agencies cannot assign strengths for features not included in an offeror’s proposal, by assuming that these features would be provided ba...

The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently considered and sustained a protest where an agency had concluded that just because ...

McLeod Group, LLC was awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (“BPA”) by the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) for management consulti...

What happens when an agency seeks to obtain a contractor’s signature on a modification, but the contractor is not happy with the prices/c...

Offerors should carefully consider the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) requirements for “clarifications” that agencies must comply...

In a recent protest at the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”), the GAO held that limiting quotation revisions when taking correctiv...

One of the recurring themes in bid protests that are sustained by the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) is the need for agencies t...

In a long and detailed opinion, the Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) of the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) discusses many of...

In evaluating past performance of an offeror, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) has a longstanding series of decisions that ge...

Even where correction of a bid that results in displacement of a lower bid , it will be permitted where the existence of the mistake and ...