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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 
Risk Archive
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Weibel Equipment, Inc., B-406888, B-406888.2, September 21, 2012
Posted on October 17, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Decision Protestor: Weibel Equipment, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of awardee’s past performance and protester’s technical proposal is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was consistent with the terms of... -
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, B-406411, B-406411.2, May 25, 2012
Posted on June 6, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Decision Protestor: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protests Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest alleging that contracting agency improperly and disparately evaluated proposals is denied where the record reflects that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the... -
W.B. Construction and Sons, Inc., B-405818; B-405818.2, January 4, 2012
Posted on January 9, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest sustained. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Rejection of a bid as nonresponsive for failing to provide the price for one of many line items included in the bid schedule was improper, where the item for which... -
WingGate Travel, Inc.; AirTrak Travel; and Alamo Travel Group, B-405007.9, November 29, 2011
Posted on December 19, 2011 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Risk; Changes clause; equitable adjustment General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Shifting greater risk to the contractor is not grounds for protest. “The increasing burden of risk in federal contracting” an article published in the Washington... -
Health Net Federal Services, LLC, B-401652.3; B-401652.5, November 4, 2009
Posted on November 4, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Protest sustained. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest is sustained where the agency credited the awardee with past performance of its parent and corporate affiliates, yet record did not establish which entities were involved with performing the prior... -
PlanetSpace, Inc., B-401016; B-401016.2, April 22, 2009
Posted on April 22, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is denied in procurement for commercial resupply services for International Space Station where source selection authority reasonably determined that outstanding and very good past performance of protester’s proposed subcontractors... -
Northrop Grumman Space and Missile Systems Corporation; Textron Marine & Land Systems Corporation, B-400837; B-400837.2; B-400837.3; B-400837.4; B-400837.5, February 17, 2009
Posted on February 17, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protests denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest of agency evaluation of system maturity of offerors’ proposed joint light tactical vehicle configurations is denied; agency reasonably determined that awardees had previously constructed and tested demonstrators or prototypes that...
