Using Focused Interviews to Streamline the Proposal Development Process
When it comes to collecting and building meaningful, on-target content for Federal Government proposal responses, focused interviews stand head and shoulders above traditional methods. Among small,...
View ArticleFederal News Radio: Ten Myths of Government Contracting: Myth No. 1
Federal News Radio is republishing our Ten Myths of Government Contracting series, accompanied by an interview with the author, Tim Sullivan, Partner, Thompson Coburn, LLP. Below is the audio from the...
View ArticleFederal News Radio: Government Contracting Myth No. 3: The Contracting...
Federal News Radio is republishing our Ten Myths of Government Contracting series, accompanied by an interview with the author, Tim Sullivan, Partner, Thompson Coburn, LLP. Below is the audio from the...
View ArticleThe PCI Network – Three Keys to a Winning Proposal
The next episode of The PCI Network is all about putting together a winning proposal. Lou Chiarella, Director and Faculty at PCI, shares three tips to help you craft a winning proposal. Mr. Chiarella...
View ArticleINFORMATIONAL DEFICIENCIES IN A PROPOSAL
Do you think it is proper for an agency to eliminate a proposal from consideration under the following circumstances: Nothing in the evaluation criteria of the Request for Proposals (“RFP”) stated that...
View ArticleUsing Focused Interviews to Streamline the Proposal Development Process
When it comes to collecting and building meaningful, on-target content for Federal Government proposal responses, focused interviews stand head and shoulders above traditional methods. Among small,...
View ArticleFederal News Radio: Ten Myths of Government Contracting: Myth No. 1
Federal News Radio is republishing our Ten Myths of Government Contracting series, accompanied by an interview with the author, Tim Sullivan, Partner, Thompson Coburn, LLP. Below is the audio from the...
View ArticleFederal News Radio: Government Contracting Myth No. 3: The Contracting...
Federal News Radio is republishing our Ten Myths of Government Contracting series, accompanied by an interview with the author, Tim Sullivan, Partner, Thompson Coburn, LLP. Below is the audio from the...
View ArticleThe PCI Network – Three Keys to a Winning Proposal
The next episode of The PCI Network is all about putting together a winning proposal. Lou Chiarella, Director and Faculty at PCI, shares three tips to help you craft a winning proposal. Mr. Chiarella...
View ArticleINFORMATIONAL DEFICIENCIES IN A PROPOSAL
Do you think it is proper for an agency to eliminate a proposal from consideration under the following circumstances: Nothing in the evaluation criteria of the Request for Proposals (“RFP”) stated that...
View ArticleMaterial Misrepresentation in Proposal
A recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) bid protest demonstrates how easy it is for an offeror to make a material misrepresentation in its proposal, resulting in a sustained protest and the...
View ArticlePrior Course of Dealing
The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (“ASBCA”) recently held that on a matter of contract interpretation, a prior course of dealing should be used in awarding a contractor its full claim on the...
View ArticleThe Agency Made Four Mistakes in the Procurement
In a more “normal” protest, an agency may make one or two mistakes that causes the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) to sustain the protest. But in a recent protest of a Department of...
View ArticleGAO Rules That Technically Rated Reasonably Priced Selection Method is Not OK...
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently ruled that the General Services Administration’s (“GSA”) use of a highest-technically rated, reasonably priced source selection method when...
View ArticleCase of the Month – August 2020: M.C. Dean
PCI has started a new webinar series, the Case of the Month Club. Each month PCI’s Government Contracts law experts will discuss one or two recent cases. The second August case is M.C. Dean. If you...
View ArticleCase of the Month – September 2020: ANHAM FCZO v. United States
PCI has started a new webinar series, the Case of the Month Club. Each month PCI’s Government Contracts law experts will discuss one or two recent cases. The first September case is ANHAM FCZO v....
View ArticleAgency Failed to Follow Solicitation Requirement by Excluding Parts of Proposal
It is frequently the case that a proposal is rejected or downgraded because it fails to follow the requirements of the solicitation. Then there are situations where the agency itself fails to follow...
View ArticleIncumbent’s Poor Performance Does Not Justify Sole Source Selection
Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) Subpart 6.3 deals with “Other Than Full and Open Competition” and identifies seven statutory authorities that permit contracting without providing for full and...
View ArticleInformal Agency Protests: A Reminder
Formal agency protests must be submitted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 33.103, which sets out specific rules, procedures and requirements. There is a simpler way to...
View ArticleIndefinite Quantity Contracts Are Contracts but Blanket Purchase Agreements...
In two recent decisions, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) have clearly stated that indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity...
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