About the Editor
The Editor, Bryan R. King is an associate in the Government Contracts Practice Group of General Counsel, P.C. He advises contractors in all aspects of government contracts law. Editor's Bio 
Bias Archive
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Re-Engineered Business Solutions, Inc., B-405662.4, B-405662.5, September 19, 2012
Posted on October 10, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Decision Protestor: Re-Engineered Business Solutions, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protester’s allegations of bias with regard to a former agency employee provide no basis to sustain the protest where the allegedly biased employee... -
D’Andre Insurance Services, LLC, B-405046, July 21, 2011
Posted on August 3, 2011 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Interior Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Bias and Bad Faith in Evaluation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Government officials are presumed to act in good faith, and a protester’s contention that contracting officials are motivated by bias or bad faith must... -
Career Innovations, LLC, B-404377.4, May 24, 2011
Posted on June 22, 2011 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Labor Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Evaluation Strengths and Weaknesses General Counsel P.C. Highlight: There is no legal requirement that an agency must award the highest possible rating, or the maximum point score, under an evaluation factor simply because the proposal... -
L-3 Services, Inc., B-400134.11; B-400134.12, September 3, 2009
Posted on September 3, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest sustained in part, denied in part. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest that agency unreasonably determined that the awardee did not have a “biased ground rules” organizational conflict of interest is sustained where the record... -
Raydar & Associates, Inc., B-401447, September 1, 2009
Posted on September 1, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protester’s assertion that awardee, the incumbent contractor, had improper organizational conflict of interest due to involvement in providing level of effort information for incorporation in solicitation is untimely where record shows... -
Detica, B-400523; B-400523.2, December 2, 2008
Posted on December 2, 2008 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that successful vendor has an impermissible “biased ground rules” type of organizational conflict of interest is denied, where record shows that, contrary to protester’s assertion, former agency official working for...
