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GAO Goes Electronic
Published Date: August 8, 2018
The General Accountability Office (“GAO”) has joined the electronic filing club for bid protests. All new protests after May 1, 2018 are required to be filed and administered using GAO’s new Electronic Protest Docketing System (“EPDS”). The only exceptions are for protests containing classified material and documents that cannot be uploaded due to size or format reasons. P&A has had [...] Read More
Where to Protest: Some Pros and Cons of Each Forum
By: Peck Law
Published Date: July 23, 2018
Protests are not uncommon in government contracts. Contractors often disagree with the contracting agency’s evaluation of their proposals and sometimes want to challenge the agency’s source selection decision. Part of the strategy in pursuing a protest is deciding the forum in which to file the protest. Contractors have three options: the contracting agency, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) and the [...] Read More
Debriefings Tips
By: Peck Law
Published Date: July 10, 2018
One area of government contracting that can be particularly frustrating for government contractors is learning why you didn’t get the contract award. When the Government is using sealed bidding, it’s usually easily to find out why you lost. You compare your bid pricing against your competitor’s bid pricing. Since award is made to the low, responsive bidder, looking at the [...] Read More
Tips On Preparing Proposals
By: Peck Law
Published Date: June 25, 2018
As experienced government contractors know, submitting the lowest price doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll win the contract when the solicitation provides for a best value award. It’s critical that contractors submit a well written proposal. Below are some tips on how to prepare a winning proposal. 1. Perform a critical review of the solicitation. Make sure you understand the solicitation [...] Read More
What’s in a Name?
By: Peck Law
Published Date: June 11, 2018
Quite a lot if you’re submitting a bid protest to the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”). Government contractors often use names other than their official legal name or fail to make distinctions between the various affiliated companies that make up a group or family of companies in their dealings with the Federal Government. Doing so, however, can lead to problems for [...] Read More
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