Bid Protest Weekly Newsletter by Bryan R. King, Attorney, General Counsel PC Date: Thursday, May 29, 2014, 9:45pm EST System Studies & Simulation, Inc., B-409375.2, B-409375.3, May 12, 2014 Deciding on the prices to offer in response to a solicitation for a federal government contract is not exactly an easy process. It requires a multitude
Bid Protest Weekly Newsletter by Bryan R. King, Attorney, General Counsel PC Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2014, 11:22am EST MindPoint Group, LLC, B-409562, May 8, 2014 A common issue that faces many employers is the question of whether an individual working for them should be classified as an employee or an independent contractor. This issue typically arises
Bid Protest Weekly Newsletter by Bryan R. King, Attorney, General Counsel PC Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2014, 6:29pm EST Watts-Obayashi, Joint Venture; Black Construction Corp., B-409391, et al., April 4, 2014 There’s an old saying about what happens when you assume something, but this is a family article series, so I’ll let you Google that one on
Bid Protest Weekly Newsletter by Bryan R. King, Attorney, General Counsel PC Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2014, 5:41pm EST SumCo Eco-Contracting LLC, B-409434, B-409434.2, April 15, 2014 A company’s past experience often comes into play when an agency is going through the evaluation process in a procurement. In many cases, the procuring agency will evaluate a
Bid Protest Weekly Newsletter by Bryan R. King, Attorney, General Counsel PC Date: Friday, April 18, 2014, 6:47pm EST McGoldrick Construction Services Corporation, B-409252.2, March 28, 2014 In theory, the government procurement process is relatively simple. A government agency determines it has a need for goods or services, and issues a solicitation to the public. The solicitation
Bid Protest Weekly Newsletter by Bryan R. King, Attorney, General Counsel PC Date: Friday, April 11, 2014, 2:29pm EST Hamilton Pacific Chamberlain, LLC, B-409208.2, April 3, 2014 Several recent articles have discussed relatively minor issues that cost a contractor an opportunity for an award. We’ve seen an offeror fail to respond to a solicitation amendment, an
Bid Protest Weekly Newsletter by Bryan R. King, Attorney, General Counsel PC Date: Monday, March 31, 2014, 7:00pm EST Business Integra, Inc., B-407273.22, February 27, 2014 There are a host of products where 99.9% effectiveness is perfectly acceptable to meet our needs. For example, someone worried about germs would probably consider a hand sanitizer claiming to be
Bid Protest Weekly Newsletter by Bryan R. King, Attorney, General Counsel PC Date: Friday, March 21, 2014, 10:00am EST DJW Consulting, LLC, B-408846.3, December 18, 2013 In our last article, we discussed a case in which an offeror basically disqualified itself from further consideration for award after failing to respond to a discussion letter sent by the
Bid Protest Weekly Newsletter by Bryan R. King, Attorney, General Counsel PC Date: Monday, March 17, 2014, 11:49am EST MOWA Barlovento, LLC-JV, B-408445, September 12, 2013 There is the old philosophical question: if a tree falls in the forest, but no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? There is no need for
Bid Protest Weekly Newsletter by Bryan R. King, Attorney, General Counsel PC Date: Thursday, March 6, 2014, 7:00pm EST Wolf Creek Federal Services, Inc., B-409187, -.2, -.3, February 6, 2014 Affiliation can be a significant concern for a company wishing to compete for government contracts as a small business. Companies are generally considered to be affiliated with