New Joint Ventures Can Be Excluded From An RFP
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 explains a recent GSA decision that held an agency was allowed to require joint ventures (not just the JV partners) have prior proven experience. That sorta defeats the purpose of a JV, don’t […]
Agencies May Cancel Solicitations Without Consequence
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 explains why a protest is ineffective when an agency cancels a solicitation. See the full blog entry here. Share on email Share on facebook Share on google Share on twitter You May Also Like
New GSA SBA Rules Go Into Effect in the New Year
There will be several changes to the GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule program going into effect in the New Year. Probably none are more significant than the introduction of new regulations affecting small businesses that hold GSA Schedule Contracts. You can see the final regulations here. Under FAR Part 8.4, the FAR has exempted the GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule Contract […]
Poorly Evaluated Proposals Can Be Costly
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 protest case where a poorly evaluated proposal likely cost both the Navy and BAE a lot of time and money needlessly. See the full blog entry here. Share on email Share […]
In Contract Bids, the Clock is Ticking
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 protest case where every minute counted (literally). See the full blog entry here. Share on email Share on facebook Share on google Share on twitter You May Also Like
Incumbents Should Benefit from Better Technical Understanding and Personnel
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 breaks down a recent GAO decision in the case of an incumbent that wasn’t given proper credit for its superior technical proposal (and there wasn’t a proper price realism check on its competitor). […]
Dysfunctional Procurements: What Happens When a Contracting Officer and the Evaluation Teams Don’t Agree?
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 what happens when there is a dysfunctional procurement and the contracting officer and the evaluation teams don’t agree… you guessed it… it’s the contractors who suffer. See the full blog entry here. Share […]
Make Sure Your Proposal Addresses (In Order) All Tasks and Subtasks
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 what happens when an incumbent’s proposal doesn’t specifically address (in order) all tasks and subtasks in a statement of work. See the full blog entry here. Share on email Share on facebook Share […]
Government Agencies Must Stay True to Their Own Solicitation Criteria
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 what happens when a government agency goes rogue and decides the strengths and weaknesses of a proposal based on what they like — and not what the solicitation requires. See the full […]
What Happens When SBA Falls Behind On Its Duties?
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 what happens when the SBA fails to make a determination on size within the 10 day window following a size protest. See the full blog entry here. You May Also Like