Bid Protest Spotlight: Evidence, Tailored Talks, Materiality

This month’s Bid Protest Roundup focuses on three recent protests from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).  The first protest addresses the evidentiary showing required to sustain a challenge based on alleged noncompliance with a solicitation’s limitations on subcontracting clause.  The second concerns whether an agency conducted unequal discussions when it held an additional round of discussions only with an offeror that proposed betterments.  The third addresses alleged material misrepresentations concerning the employment status of an awardee’s staff where the solicitation did not require named personnel or provide for an evaluation of staff qualifications.

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