bid protest
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Contractors cheered when Congress enacted limitations on the use of LPTA contracts by the Defense Department when buying professional services.
November 14, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department said it plans to open up its commissaries and exchanges to 4.1 million new customers on New Years’ Day.
November 14, 2019 -
GAO and the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee released annual reports highlighting continued decreases in bid protests, by 16%, and in the number of companies suspended or debarred.
November 11, 2019 -
Oracle is pressing ahead with its legal battle against the multibillion dollar cloud contract despite DoD's surprise decision to award the deal to Microsoft.
November 05, 2019 -
With more on this protest case, procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
October 31, 2019 -
The Defense Department made its award, but the JEDI story doesn't end here.
October 28, 2019 -
The highly-anticipated cloud computing contract will be worth more than $200 million in its first two years, Defense officials said. But the massive award still faces legal challenges.
October 25, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a major reorganization is taking place among the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's top management offices.
October 08, 2019 -
The government has asked the Government Accountability Office to dismiss a pending bid protest against the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract so it can address unspecified issues, according to a source familiar with the protest.
October 07, 2019 -
Deals made under other transaction authority, as opposed to regular procurement contracts, help the government buy innovation and prototypes.
September 19, 2019 -
The Defense Department award to CSRA/GD-IT a contract to provide email and collaboration services in the cloud in late August has come under fire.
September 10, 2019 -
Federal News Network asked three legal experts to review and comment on the Court of Federal Claims’ decision on the protest of DoD’s JEDI cloud procurement.
August 12, 2019 -
A federal judge ruled the Pentagon's JEDI contract ran afoul of a law that requires large ID/IQ contracts to go to multiple vendors. But Oracle can't win its lawsuit on that basis.
July 26, 2019 -
When it eventually awards JEDI, DOD will have to be totally transparent.
July 09, 2019 -
The Court of Federal Claims is scheduled to hear oral arguments from government, AWS and Oracle lawyers on July 10 over JEDI, DoD’s $10 billion cloud procurement.
June 28, 2019