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Proposal Evaluation Criteria For Government Contract Bid Protests

Proposal Evaluation Criteria For Government Contract Bid Protests

Proposal evaluation criteria for government contract bid protests thrust a significant amount of GAO protests and U.S. Court of Federal Claims protests. The first level of caution to contractor that sees a problem with the stated evaluation criteria in the solicitation must address it before bid closing.

If you wait until after the government’s source selection is complete to challenge the…

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Technical Evaluation GAO Protest Evaluator Scoring of Proposals

Technical Evaluation GAO Protest Evaluator Scoring of Proposals

Technical proposal writing for federal government contracts can lead to a GAO bid protest on the issue of technical evaluation and the evaluation scoring. You can only prevail in a protest by showing that the agency record fails to demonstrate a reasonable basis for several of the agency’s evaluation findings, or that the agency fails to demonstrate that the agency assigned ratings in an…

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GAO Protest Technical Proposal Risk Evaluation

GAO Protest Technical Proposal Risk Evaluation

A GAO protest can be sustained if you can show that the agency failed to reasonably evaluate your technical proposal risk in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. This aspect of filing can be tricky because the agency has great latitude in determining its risk. GAOdoes not have the authority to make that decision for the agency.  Many solicitations clearly show that technical proposal…

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Meaningful Discussions FAR Bid Protest

Meaningful Discussions FAR Bid Protest

Litigating bid protest for lack of meaningful discussions when bidding with the federal government is still an ongoing problem. When contractors receive debriefings, they sometime find that discussions held were far from meaningful. A bid protest alleging lack of meaningful discussions must be approached careful since many agencies attempt to cloud discussions with clarifications.

GAO can sustain…

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