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Bid Protests, and Size/Status Eligibility Challenges: In-Depth Look at the Most Important Processes in Government Contracting
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d DeLisle and Maria Panichelli for their presentation for TargetGov and the Government Contracting Institute on November 2, 2015 in Linthicum Heights, MD.
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Debriefing, Bid Protests, and Size & Status Investigations
Please join us for Maria Panichelli’s webinar for Govology on October 29, 2015 at 1:00PM EST.
In today’s extremely competitive federal contracting market, understanding bid protests and the procedures relating to protests can make the difference between getting the contract, or getting left out of the race altogether.
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A Primer on Debriefings and Protests
Thank you for joining us for Ed DeLisle and Maria Panichelli’s webinar on October 06, 2015 for TargetGov/ the Government Contracting Institute.
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Court Upholds Rights of Small Business Dredging Contractors
In a bid protest argued by our firm before the United States Court of Federal Claims on September 23, 2014, the Court ruled in favor of our client, RLB Contracting, Inc., (RLB) in a matter involving the designation of the dredging exception to NAICS code 237990, which is for “Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction.”
What Was Good For Federal Construction Contractors Was Not So Good For One Contractor
By: Joseph A. Hackenbracht
From August 2, 2002 until July 14, 2004, Todd Construction, a general contractor located in Oklahoma, was awarded five indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contracts by the Savannah District of the Corps of Engineers for design and construction of projects in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Each contract was for a period of
Supermajority Requirements Render Business Concern Ineligible for Participation in the SDVO Program
By: Edward T. DeLisle & Maria L. Panichelli
SDVOSB Appeal of Rush-Link One Joint Venture, SBA No. VET-228 (2012), a recent Small Business Administration Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) decision that we discussed previously, demonstrates how a company’s internal corporate structure can impact that company’s eligibility to participate in the Service-Disabled Veteran
ASBCA Emphasizes Need for Contractor to Plead Specifics When Litigating Performance Ratings
By: Joseph A. Hackenbracht
For many years, the boards of contract appeals have considered challenges to performance evaluations and declined, for various reasons, to hear those cases. Then, in 2008, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims held that it possessed jurisdiction to address a contractor’s challenge of the performance rating it had been given by
SBA Relies on 8(a) Regulations to Deny SDVO Eligibility Due to Minority-Owner Loans
By: Edward T. DeLisle & Maria L. Panichelli
In a recent opinion, SDVOSB Appeal of Rush-Link One Joint Venture, SBA No. VET-228 (2012), the United States Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) used two 8(a) program regulations, namely 13 C.F.R. § 124.106(g) and 13 C.F.R. § 124.3, to determine
VA's Ambiguous Solicitation Leads to Successful Protest
By: Edward T. DeLisle
Over the last several years, the scrutiny over federal small business programs has grown. That scrutiny has led to changes in policy and legislation designed to curb potential fraud in the procurement process. Because these changes have been implemented in such a short period of time, however, it is not unusual