How Realistic Must Your Pricing Be?
In a recent blog post for “Battle Lines”, his weekly guest blog for the Washington Business Journal, FedBiz Daily Section, MWL partner Bill Welch analyzes (and disagrees with) a case that sets quite a low bar for an agency’s price realism analysis obligations. See the full blog entry here. Share on email Share on facebook Share on google Share […]
1099 Consultants are not Employees for the Small Business 50% Workshare Requirement
In his most recent blog post for “Battle Lines”, his weekly guest blog for the Washington Business Journal, FedBiz Daily Section, MWL partner Bill Welch discusses a case where a protestor’s case was dismissed because, in its proposal, the protestor had indicated that a portion of its fifty percent workshare would be performed by a 1099 contractor. See […]
Selection Officials May Not Unreasonably Disregard Findings of Evaluation Panels
In his most recent blog post for “Battle Lines”, his weekly guest blog for the Washington Business Journal, FedBiz Daily Section, MWL partner Bill Welch discusses a case where a selection official completely disregarded the findings of his evaluation panel. See the full blog entry here. Share on email Share on facebook Share on google Share on twitter You […]
Can a Proposal Be Considered Timely If Submitted Through an Alternate Method?
In his most recent blog post for “Battle Lines”, his weekly guest blog for the Washington Business Journal, FedBiz Daily Section, MWL partner Bill Welch discusses a case where an agency’s decision to cancel an award that was submitted via email (under the direction of the contracting officer) rather than through a buggy portal was found to be […]
This is How the Process Should Work — When Multiple Protests Lead to a Correct Agency Decision
In his most recent blog post for “Battle Lines”, his weekly guest blog for the Washington Business Journal, FedBiz Daily Section, MWL partner Bill Welch discusses a case where an agency’s decisions were protested several times until they finally got it right. In the end, the agency reviewed all the factors for award, reversed its prior decision based […]
When GAO Sustains a Protest, Can the Agency Simply Re-evaluate Old Proposals? Yes, It Can!
In his most recent blog post for “Battle Lines”, his weekly guest blog for the Washington Business Journal, FedBiz Daily Section, MWL partner Bill Welch discusses a case where the GAO held that following a successful protest, and agency can go back and re-evaluate the original proposals (even if they are old and expired) in making a new […]
Did the U.S. Court of Federal Claims Overstep?
In his most recent blog post for “Battle Lines”, his weekly guest blog for the Washington Business Journal, FedBiz Daily Section, MWL partner Bill Welch discusses a case where it appears that the U.S. Court of Federal Claims overstepped by effectively restores contract awards that an agency has already cancelled and preventing the agency from undertaking any further […]
An Agency Needs Justification to Utilize the “Industrial Mobilization” Exception in Awarding a Sole-Source Contract
In his most recent blog post for “Battle Lines”, his weekly guest blog for the Washington Business Journal, FedBiz Daily Section, MWL partner Bill Welch discusses how the Forest Service did not act appropriately in deciding to issue a sole-source contract under the “industrial mobilization” exception, which is designed to maintain available sources of supply. See the full […]
When an Agency Opens Discussions With Offerors, it Opens Everything
In his most recent blog post for “Battle Lines”, his weekly guest blog for the Washington Business Journal, FedBiz Daily Section, MWL partner Bill Welch examines a protest that highlights the principle that, “In general, when an agency opens or reopens discussions with offerors, the offerors may revise any aspect of their proposals, including portions of their proposals […]
Not Happy With a GAO Decision? Take it to the Court of Federal Claims
In a recent blog post for “Battle Lines”, his weekly guest blog for the Washington Business Journal, FedBiz Daily Section, MWL partner Bill Welch discusses how an intervenor in a bid protest was able to reverse the GAO’s decision by taking the protest to the Court of Federal Claims. See the full blog entry here. Share on email Share […]