bid protest

• Google’s claims of FISMA certification questioned

  Microsoft makes court documents public as part of battle to provide cloud services to the Interior Department. Google contends its Google Apps for Government offers more security than FISMA requires.

  Technology

  April 12, 2011
• Assad: KC-X to lead the way in procurements

  Shay Assad, director of the office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, told industry professionals Thursday that DoD would provide them with a clearer picture of what the Pentagon wants when it issues solicitations to industry. Past acquisition processes, he said, had forced vendors to guess what factors DoD thought were truly important.

  Budget

  March 18, 2011
• GAO sustains protests of DHS $450M award to CACI

  The Government Accountability Office sustained protests from two losing bidders under the Transformation and System Consolidation (TASC) program, say government and industry sources.

  Congress

  March 10, 2011
• Google wins stay of Interior award to Microsoft for cloud

  The Court of Federal Claims rules that Interior violated law and federal regulations in awarding a sole source contract to Microsoft for e-mail and collaboration services in the cloud. This the latest episode in an ongoing battle between the two software giants to provide cloud services to agencies.

  Congress

  January 06, 2011
• DHS $450 million TASC contract protested

  Global Computer Enterprise submits a complaint to GAO after DHS awards the deal to CACI last month.

  Congress

  December 02, 2010
• GAO sees more bid protests in 2009

  The agency received more complaints last year than in any of the previous eight years. GAO also came to a final decision on more cases in 2009 than the year before. More agencies and vendors also are turning to alternative dispute resolution to solve their differences, GAO finds.

  Congress

  January 26, 2010