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No Harm, No Foul: GAO Reaffirms That Prejudice Is Everything

In Kako’o Spectrum Healthcare Solutions, LLC, B-421127.5, et al., May 28, 2025, Kako’o Spectrum Healthcare Solutions (KSHS) protested the U.S. Marine Corps’ award to Cognito Systems, arguing that Cognito’s proposal exceeded...more

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Less Oversight and Undefined Penalties: The NDAA’s Proposed Protest Reforms

Buried in Section 885 of the current draft of the National Defense Authorization Action (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025 is a new attempt to figure out how to make unsuccessful bid protesters pay. As of this posting, the NDAA has...more

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Pressure Mounts for Broader Regulatory Oversight of Defense Industry Mergers

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The Department of Defense assessed an average of about 40 defense-related mergers and acquisitions each year from 2018 to 2022, a small portion of the roughly 400 defense mergers estimated to occur annually, according to a...more

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Increasing Antitrust and Potentially Other Scrutiny for Defense M&A Deals

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Mergers and acquisitions involving companies that conduct business with the federal government present a unique set of challenges. Several statutes and regulations are implicated in such corporate transactions, whether the...more

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DOD Contemplating Increased Scrutiny of Defense M&A Transactions

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has published a report focusing on the risks associated with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the defense space and concluded that the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD)...more

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Should You File Your Bid Protest Before GAO or COFC: For the Record, the Record Can Make All the Difference

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In a bid protest, the record of the actions that the contracting agency took during the procurement is of paramount importance. Regardless of whether a protester files its challenge with the Government Accountability Office...more

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GAO Confirms Joint Ventures Pursuing DOD Contracts May Rely on Facility Clearances of Their Members

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In a recent decision, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protest challenging the terms of a solicitation because it required that a joint venture (JV) pursuing an Air Force contract hold a facility...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - March 2020 #3

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ANNOUNCEMENT: PilieroMazza Forms "COVID-19 Client Response Team," March 18, 2020 - To address the concerns of our clients and resource partners during and long after the coronavirus pandemic, PilieroMazza created the...more

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Congress Commissions Study of Bid Protests Filed at Both the GAO and COFC

The FY 2019 NDAA requires DoD study multiple protest filings, and develop a plan for an expedited protest process for small contracts. Congress is concerned about the delays caused by bid protests that have been filed at...more

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Soothsaying Oracle: What GAO’s Decision Concerning DoD Prototype OTAs Means for DoD and Beyond

Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs): The term is familiar among government contractors, yet commonly misunderstood. Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), in Oracle America, Inc., B-416061, May 31, 2018, 2018...more

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Congressional RAND Study Refutes Common Misperceptions about DoD Bid Protests

A Congressionally mandated research study demonstrates that bid protests filed against Department of Defense (DoD) procurements do not unduly delay these acquisitions and are not frivolous. More than 99.7% of DoD contracts...more

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