That's what happened in one case, and procurement attorney Joe Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell had more to say about it on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
A recent Government Accountability Office award protest decision seemed to establish a new rule for how contract negotiations are conducted.
To discuss why the bidder lost, procurement attorney Joe Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
A company trying to get an IT services contract with the Department of Health and Human Services decided to go the protest route. Washington procurement attorney Joe Petrillo explained on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
One of the enduring questions of the ages, at least in government contracting, is what counts as a small business and what happens when it grows bigger during the course of a contract?
For some answers regarding protests and the partial government shutdown, procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Washington procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo said the Small Business Administration has been directed by Congress to make some changes that have unintended consequences.
The federal acquisition regulation council never got around to updating the FAR, so its rules have differed from those of the Small Business Administration. Finally that situation is rectified, almost.
DISA awarded 14 contracts from 30 proposals for the unrestricted portion of its Systems Engineering, Technology and Innovation contract.
Washington procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo had more analysis on the decision to deny Oracle's pre-award protest of the Defense Department's so-called Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement.
Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo, Petrillo and Powell, shared the details of an illustrative case on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
When the Army wanted to buy mundane items such as PCs, tablets and printers, it endured three rounds of protests and ended up close to where it started.
Sometimes agency professionals, such as the people who write contracts, fail at the basics, says procurement attorney Joe Petrillo.
The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 told federal agencies to seriously consider if commercial items would meet acquisition program requirements before building new systems.
It might be the era of cloud computing but the Defense Department still occasionally buys software on discs in a shrink-wrapped box.