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COFC Warns: Protesters Must Prove Capability, Not Just Claim It

Pillsbury - Bid Protest Debrief on 6/19/2025

In KL3, LLC v. United States, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, No. 24-2028 (June 2, 2025, reissued June 12, 2025), KL3 challenged the Department of Defense’s award of two sole-source contracts under the SBA’s 8(a) program,...more

Government Contracts Legal Round-Up – 2024 Issue 12

Jenner & Block on 7/16/2024

Claims Updates - Associated Energy Group, LLC v. The United States and Kropp Holdings, Inc., No. 23-20 47 (July 2, 2024) - Associated Energy Group, LLC (AEG) challenged the award by Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for a...more

Government Contracts Legal Round-Up – 2024 Issue 11

Jenner & Block on 6/25/2024

Claims Update - Peraton, Inc. v. United States, No. 23-1539 Fed. Cl. (May 10, 2024) - The Court of Federal Claims rejected the government’s motion to dismiss a contractor’s claims alleging breach of an end-user software...more

Government Contracts Legal Round-Up – 2024 Issue 10

Jenner & Block on 6/12/2024

Federal Circuit Docket - Percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States, Fed. Cir. No. 2023-1970 (Jun. 7, 2024) - In a highly anticipated bid protest opinion, a divided merits panel of Federal Circuit judges reversed the Court of...more

What Makes a Successful Protest at the Court of Federal Claims

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/1/2024

In a previous article, we analyzed what made protests successful at the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) in Fiscal Year 2023 (“FY23”). Now, we want to share some insights we gained while conducting the same analysis...more

September 2023 Bid Protest Roundup: Limits To Agency Discretion In Challenge To NAICS Code Assignments, Confines Of The...

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 11/1/2023

This month’s Bid Protest Roundup focuses on a recent U.S. Court of Federal Claims decision involving the limitations of the government’s deference defense and a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that involved the...more

End of Fiscal Year Awards: Know Your Debriefing and Protest Procedures, Deadlines

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/22/2023

As in prior years, the upcoming end of the federal fiscal year will be marked by a flurry of contract and task order awards, as federal agencies busily obligate remaining fiscal year 2023 appropriated funds while still...more

Recent Court Ruling Already Reflected in GSA’s OASIS+ Solicitations

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 6/29/2023

It is not any exaggeration to say that mentor-protégé joint ventures (MPJVs) have taken over the world of set-aside Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs). For example, late last year it was reported that the initial...more

March 2023 Bid Protest Roundup: Review, Self-Certification

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 4/18/2023

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

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

Venable LLP on 2/9/2023

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

Federal Circuit Clarifies Bid Protest Jurisdiction Over SBA Size Determinations

Venable LLP on 2/6/2023

While it is well settled that the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (the Claims Court) lacks bid protest jurisdiction over the majority of task or delivery order awards, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently...more

May 2022 Bid Protest Roundup: Errors, Subcontractors, Bundling

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 6/10/2022

This month's bid protest spotlight focuses on one recent U.S. Court of Federal Claims decision and two U.S. Government Accountability Office decisions. While all three protests were unsuccessful, each serves as a different...more

January 2021 Bid Protest Roundup (Law360 Spotlight)

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 2/18/2021

This month’s Law360 bid protest spotlight examines three recent protest decisions, each offering a cautionary tale to offerors in the stages prior to contract award. The first, HWI Gear, emphasizes the requirement for small...more

July Bid Protest Roundup (LAW360 Spotlight)

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 8/7/2020

In this month’s bid protest roundup (featured on Law360), we consider three protest decisions the GAO released in the month of July, each of which provides important guidance for companies competing for government...more

April 2018 Bid Protest Roundup

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 5/9/2018

This month’s roundup summarizes decisions from each of the bid protest venues: the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Court of Federal Claims (COFC or the Court), and the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - March 2018

PilieroMazza PLLC on 3/9/2018

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - Claims Court Could Receive Record Number of Protests in 2018 - According to an article in the Federal Contracts Report, the United States Court of Federal Claims (COFC) is on course to receive...more

Court Upholds Rights of Small Business Dredging Contractors

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC on 9/24/2014

In a bid protest argued by our firm before the United States Court of Federal Claims on September 23, 2014, the Court ruled in favor of our client, RLB Contracting, Inc., (RLB) in a matter involving the designation of the...more

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