Petrillo and Powell

MARAD made errors in solicitation for reserve fleet, procurement attorney says

When MARAD sought a vendor to buy, staff and maintain ships for its ready reserve fleet, it made a number of errors in its solicitation. Procurement attorney…

Contracts/Awards

Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC

Some federal agencies limit how many pages contracts can have

Contracting

Dispute over DLA’s Qualified Products List ends in court

Contracting

Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC

GSA challenged over blanket purchasing agreement for equipment

Contracting

Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC

Major federal procurement rule gets first try with DoD and NASA

Contracting

FILE- In this Nov. 22, 2016 file photo, U.S. Navy sailors stand by fighter jets on the deck of the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf. The United States’ Gulf allies have pushed for hawkish policies by Washington to pressure, isolate and cripple Iran, but this high-stakes strategy is now being put to the test by the surprise U.S. killing of Iran’s most powerful military commander. The killing appears to have caught America's Gulf allies off-guard and threatens to draw Gulf states further into the cross-hairs of rising tensions between Washington and Tehran. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Navy’s request for weapons contract sparks messy protest

Federal Drive

Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC

Air Force faces bid protest for space launch services

Federal Drive

Contractor protests bid of LPTA contract despite recent limitations on such awards

Federal Drive

Federal appeals court upholds company’s protest of CMS award

Federal Drive

GAO sides with company on protest of Army bid cancellation

Federal Drive

What happens when a contract awardee succumbs to illness?

Federal Drive

Shearwater protests Navy’s award for El Centro base due to price setting

A recent Government Accountability Office award protest decision seemed to establish a new rule for how contract negotiations are conducted.

Federal Drive

Army Corps’ fish-counting contract protested for awardee’s experience

To discuss why the bidder lost, procurement attorney Joe Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

Federal Drive

GAO is open but shutdown still likely to delay bid protests

Federal Drive

For some answers regarding protests and the partial government shutdown, procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.