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General Counsel, P.C. Government Contracts Team Protest Success

  • July 29, 2021
  • Government Contracts
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Bid Protest Success Recently the General Counsel, P.C. Government Contracts Team achieved a positive outcome in a bid protest. The protest challenged an agency proposed award decision where the potential awardee’s bid was unrealistic and did not fully address the needs of the Government. Unfortunately, the Agency concentrated on the unrealistic price and ignored the

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Matter of Millennium Corporation, Inc.

  • March 26, 2019
  • Government Contracts
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Matter of Millennium Corporation, Inc. Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: October 1, 2018 Keywords:  Ambiguity in Solicitation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A latent ambiguity which allows two or more reasonable interpretations of the requirements of the RFP cannot later be held against one who relies on an interpretation inconsistent with the

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Matter of Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation

  • March 26, 2019
  • Government Contracts
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Matter of Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Dismissed Decided: October 11, 2018 Keywords:  Bid Protest Jurisdiction General Counsel P.C. Highlight: The GAO will not consider a protest on the same procurement where there is already a challenge pending before a court of competent jurisdiction. Summary of Facts Intuitive

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Rely on the Rules of the Forum

  • September 23, 2015
  • Bona Fide Needs RuleGovernment Contracts
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Written by Marci Love Thomas, a Senior Counsel in the Government Contracts Practice   Football has quarters, baseball has innings, and professional soccer has halves.  All are much loved sports, arguably with some similarities, but each with its own set of timing rules.   Similarly, in government contracting, there are multiple forums in which a contractor

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Rocky Galloway interview with Federal News Radio about Teaming Agreements

  • April 16, 2015
  • Bid ProtestsEventsGovernment ContractsNews
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Rocky Galloway interview with Federal News Radio about Teaming Agreements On Thursday, April 9, 2015, Rocky Galloway, Senior Counsel with General Counsel, P.C.’s GovCon Legal Practice Group, spoke with Francis Rose on Federal News Radio about Teaming Agreements, Litigation, and Best Practices for Government Contractors. Click “Download“ to listen to the interview here: http://media.dev-cms.com/wtop/37/3740/374030.mp3 General

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WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME?

  • February 27, 2015
  • Bid ProtestsGovernment ContractsNews
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*Editor’s Note: Because of Rocky Galloway’s unique experience as a GovCon attorney and Sales Executive and  Program Manager for Hewlett Packard Corporation, from time-to-time in this forum we will not only share areas of the law that are of interest to clients, but also highlight business practices that have proven to be successful to our

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Michael Daniels Joins General Counsel, P.C. as GovCon Consultant

  • January 26, 2015
  • Bid ProtestsEventsGovernment ContractsNews
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Michael Daniels Joins General Counsel, P.C. as GovCon Consultant General Counsel, P.C. is pleased to announce the addition of:  Michael Daniels to its Government Contracts Law Practice Group   Michael Daniels spent his early career as a software engineer in the intelligence community. Following his government service, Mr. Daniels founded Incisive Technology, Inc., which provides

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New Year’s Resolutions for Government Contractors – BID PROTEST WEEKLY

  • January 23, 2015
  • Bid ProtestsGovernment Contracts
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The start of a new year is always exciting and re-invigorating. It is a great time to look forward and it is also a great time to reflect on the year just past. Here are some steps government contractors can take to prepare themselves for a prosperous new year.   Take advantage of 20/20 hindsight.

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BID PROTEST WEEKLY: To reimburse? or NOT to reimburse? (That’s the Protest)

  • January 12, 2015
  • Bid ProtestsGovernment Contracts
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In this week’s article, we discuss a recent GAO decision which highlights; ….taking corrective action (meritorious or not) before the deadline for submitting the agency report, DHS avoided having to expend significant resources in preparing the report and was successful in getting the initial protest dismissed. Click here to view the article on bidprotestweekly.com. The

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Can You File a Protest and Maintain a Good Relationship with Your Government Customer?

  • September 17, 2014
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by Rocky Galloway Bid protests provide a remedy under federal government contracting procedures for aggrieved contractors to challenge the award or prospective award of a contract for goods and services, or to challenge the terms of a solicitation. When deciding on whether to file a bid protest, contractors often have to consider two factors: Are

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