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Court of Federal Claims Continues Injunctions of Student Loan Debt Collection Contracts
The Court of Federal Claims continued preliminary injunctions because the court became aware of issues with the government’s student loan program, and it was necessary to preserve the status quo until the protests of the contract awards for debt collection … Continue reading
GAO Denies Protest of $3.01 and $2.55 Billion NASA Commercial Space Transportation Awards
The Comptroller General has denied Sierra Nevada Corporation’s protest of two contract awards for the development of commercial crew space transportation capability. The technical evaluation subfactor of the request for proposals included consideration of the offeror’s approach to obtaining government certification of its … Continue reading
Posted in Bid Protests, Contract Awards, Government Accountability Office
Tagged bid protest, Boeing, comptroller general, GAO, NASA, Sierra Nevada Corporation, SpaceX
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Court’s Roadmap to Recovering Bid/Proposal Costs
One potential outcome of a successful protest before the Court of Federal Claims is an award of bid preparation and proposal costs. Such an award may be the only consolation if the CFC declines injunctive relief. This was the case … Continue reading
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Tagged bid preparation, bid protest, costs, Court of Federal Claims, proposals
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GAO Upholds OASIS RFP’s Restrictive JV Experience Requirement
A pre-award protest of a request for proposals for professional services was denied because the protester failed to establish the experience requirement for joint ventures was unduly restrictive of competition. The RFP for services supporting the One Acquisition Solution for … Continue reading
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Tagged bid protest, joint venture, OASIS, restrictive requirement
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