Smith Pachter McWhorter

• Air Force award for professional services spurs bid protest over price ‘realism’

  Acquisitions can go wrong when the agency downplays price, but makes an award on price anyway.

  Acquisition

  August 18, 2021
• A look into the world of federal contracting protests

  As detailed as solicitations and procurement rules might be, protests are a regular part of the federal contracting scene. Joseph Petrillo, attorney at the law firm Smith Pachter McWhorter, provided some analysis on the topic.

  Contracting

  August 05, 2021
• How the government’s mistaken prices disclosure derailed a big follow-on solicitation

  When DISA sought a new satellite services acquisition, it mistakenly included a spreadsheet with prices from the current contract. For how things turned out, procurement attorney Joe Petrillo

  Contracting

  July 08, 2021
• Nonprofits employing workers with disabilities have different procurement rules from other companies

  Can nonprofit contractors under the AbilityOne Program compete with one another on price? That's what the Court of Federal Claims was asked to rule on.

  Contracting

  June 24, 2021
• Navy faces protests on contract for maintenance and logistics support

  Contracting officers can have interchanges with bidders, but they have to be done fairly, or else the bidder is likely to protest, as the Navy found out recently.

  Contracting

  June 17, 2021
• How a Frankenstein version of equipment landed a Defense contractor in court

  If your product doesn't meet the government's specifications, it can be dangerous, in more ways than one, to try and rig something up. But that's what a manufacturer of food processing equipment did.

  Contracting

  June 03, 2021
• An agency learns an old procurement lesson: Judge bids how you say you will

  Aan IT contractor successfully protested an award made by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, even though the protester had higher prices. But the NGA failed to follow its own plan for how it would evaluate bids.

  Contracting

  May 13, 2021
• Prospective Army contractor snagged by hidden GAO rule

  Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Smith Pachter McWhorter joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin  for the details.

  Contracting

  April 28, 2021
• A big goof by the government isn’t enough to sustain this bid protest

  Even if the government releases confidential information about an incumbent contractor during a recompete, it's not enough to sustain a protest.

  Contracting

  April 09, 2021
• Contested DHS contract for law enforcement dorms had pricing issues

  It doesn't always matter how good your company, your bid, or your past performance might be. Smith Pachter McWhorter procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo brought the details to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

  Contracting

  March 31, 2021