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How Multiple-Award IDIQ Contracts are Evaluated and Managed

by Steve Lucianetti | Apr 30, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

The Government in the past 15 years has been using multiple-award IDIQ contracts for many of the services it needs to acquire. There are many reasons why this type of contract was implemented, but I think the biggest reason was the ability to make award fast to...

Can the GAO Resolve SDVOSB Eligibility Protests?

by Shelley Hall | Apr 23, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

In a recent bid protest decision, the GAO rejected the protester’s attempt to convince them to take jurisdiction. For non-VA acquisitions, the SBA has sole authority to determine whether an offeror is an SDVOSB. OBXtek, Inc., B-415258 (Dec. 12, 2017) involved a...

Email Delivery Receipt Does Not Confirm Proposal Submission

by Shelley Hall | Apr 20, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

In today’s world, everything is done electronically. As a result, many contractors send in proposals using the delivery receipt option to show proof of submission in a timely manner. In ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc., B-414985, (Oct. 20, 2017), the GAO...

Out-of-Scope Task Orders

by Shelley Hall | Apr 16, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

In Western Pilot Service, et al., B-415732 et al., Mar. 6, 2018, GAO sustained a pre-award protest brought by several offerors that arguing that the RFP for a task order sought services outside the scope of the relevant IDIQ contract. The Department of the Interior...

The Benefits and Risks of IDIQ Contracts – Part 2

by Steve Lucianetti | Apr 9, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

Recently, I wrote about the risks and benefits of IDIQ contracts as it concerned requirements. This month I would like to comment on the risk and benefits of pricing IDIQ contracts. When I was a Procuring Contracting Officer for Naval Air Systems Command (PCO is the...

GAO Sustains Protest Based on Unequal Discussions In $283 Million Census Task Order Award

by Shelley Hall | Apr 2, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

In AT&T Corp., B-414886 (Oct. 5, 2017), AT&T protested the issuance of a fixed price task order to CDW Government LLC under an RFP for a mobile device solution to support the 2020 Census. Proposals needed to demonstrate “usability, performance, and security...

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