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Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Bid Protests

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May 2025 Government Contracts Legal Update and Podcast

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani presents the latest insights from our Government Contracts group, offering a comprehensive overview of recent significant decisions, regulatory changes, and essential updates for businesses...more

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Deadline Missed, Protest Dismissed: GAO Shuts Down Untimely VA Protest

In A2A Integrated Logistics, Inc., B-423433, May 20, 2025, A2A Integrated Logistics protested a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contract award after learning that its proposal had been rejected due to a technical...more

Pillsbury - Bid Protest Debrief

No Funding, No Award: GAO Upholds Corps’ Late-Stage Solicitation Cancellation

In Davenergy-VCI JV, LLC, B-423332, April 29, 2025​, Davenergy-VCI protested the cancellation by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) of a solicitation for architectural engineering construction management services for medical...more

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Bid Protest Spotlight: Standing, Relationships, Responsibility

This month’s Law360 Bid Protest Roundup focuses on two Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) decisions and one Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”) decision. From COFC jurisdiction and standing, to meaningful relationship...more

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Bid Protest Spotlight: Unclear Criteria, Data Rights, Conflicts

This month’s Bid Protest Roundup highlights three recent protests: one from the U.S. Government Accountability Office and two from the Court of Federal Claims. The first protest concerns an agency using unstated evaluation...more

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Keys to Avoiding GAO’s Timeliness Trap

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GAO’s recent decision in Marathon Medical Corporation provides a cautionary tale for government contractors seeking to protest the terms by which an agency conducts a procurement. Specifically, Marathon reinforces a...more

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Bid Protest Spotlight: Standing, Brand-Name Or Equal, Insufficient Documentation

This month’s bid protest roundup highlights one decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and two decisions from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)....more

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March 2023 Bid Protest Roundup: Review, Self-Certification

This month's bid protest spotlight considers two recent protests. J.E. McAmis Inc. v. U.S. is an important decision by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims concerning the court's lack of authority to review the U.S. Small...more

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Congressional, Executive, and Legal Developments for Government Contractors to Consider - February 2023

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In January, the OMB implemented the following new policies designed to strengthen the federal contracting system. On January 10, 2023, the OMB issued a memorandum on the subject of Strengthening Support for Federal...more

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Congressional, Executive, and Legal Developments for Government Contractors to Consider

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Each month, Venable's Government Contracts Group publishes a summary of recent legal developments of interest to the government contractor community. Regulatory Updates - The FAR Council has proposed to amend the FAR...more

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September 2022 Bid Protest Roundup: Challenges To Corrective Action; Discarded Proposals, And Best Value Determinations

This month’s Bid Protest Roundup covers three recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decisions: a challenge to an agency’s decision to take corrective action, a protest that an agency unfairly ignored a proposal...more

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June 2021 Bid Protest Roundup (Law360 Spotlight)

This month’s Law360 Bid Protest Roundup starts on a promising note as courts begin opening their doors after months of restricted access due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This Roundup covers decisions addressing the Blue and...more

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February 2021 Bid Protest Roundup (Law360 Spotlight)

This installment of our monthly Law360 bid protest spotlight considers: (1) a company’s successful challenge to an agency’s decision to take corrective action and reopen a competition the company had already won; (2) a...more

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November 2020 Bid Protest Roundup (Law360 Spotlight)

This installment of our monthly Law360 bid protest spotlight examines three protest decisions from three different forums: one from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), one from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...more

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June 2020 Bid Protest Roundup

While the global pandemic may still have still have much of the country on hold, this month’s installment of our monthly Law360 bid protest roundup makes clear that the Federal Courts are business as usual, with three...more

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Important Clarifications in the Federal Circuit Acetris Decision

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In addition to standing behind the plain language of the definition of a “US-made end product,” the court in Acetris Health, LLC v. United States provided new guidance regarding limits on Customs and Border Protection...more

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Federal Circuit Acetris Decision Changes Procurement Country of Origin Landscape

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On Monday, in the much-anticipated decision in Acetris Health, LLC v. U.S. 18-2399, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Federal Circuit”) ruled that U.S. manufacture of a drug is sufficient to confer U.S....more

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Tiered Evaluations: A Lesson in Reasonably Applying Different Rules

It’s not always clear where the applicability of one law or rule should stop and the applicability of another should begin. Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision in Becton, Dickinson and Company,...more

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The VA Proposes and Issues Wide-Ranging Revisions to Its Regulations

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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently issued several proposed rules and a final rule amending the VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) as part of a phased approach intended to streamline the VAAR to eliminate...more

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