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Similar in size and scope

We've talked before about the way that bid protests usually work. Typically, there are three ways a protestor can claim that an agency messed up: 1. The agency screwed up some procedural thing. 2. The agency rated the winner too high. 3. The agency rated the protestor too

No SEWP for you

Where to begin? Last week, I announced that I would be writing about the GAO's decision in C3.ai. When I sat down to start writing, I figured I would write primarily about the government-facilitated cottage industry that is value-added resellers. I thought I might write broadly about

Bidding can be counterintuitive

You know a bid protest is going to be a fun read when the discussion section opens with: "As an initial matter, both protesters argued that BAH could not have submitted a proposal meriting a technical factor rating of outstanding given BAH’s alleged poor performance as the incumbent.

Keeping track of stuff can be hard

The US government — by virtue of being a large bureaucracy that builds and buys stuff — owns stuff. And when the US government contracts with contractors to do things, the US government sometimes gives those contractors the government's stuff so that the contractors can do things for the government.

Emails to nowhere

Look, we've all been there. Someone gives you their email address and tells you to send them an email. You dutifully copy the address and send them an email. Usually, this all just works and they receive the email! But sometimes it doesn't because there'