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$0.00 Fixed Price: My Interview With Francis Rose

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Can an offeror be awarded a fixed-price contract with a winning bid of $0.00?  Under the right circumstances, the answer is “yes,” as demonstrated in a recent GAO bid protest decision.

Last week, I joined Francis Rose to discuss the “zero dollar winning bidder,” as well as a troubling case in which an agency’s evaluation of proposals was upheld, even though the source selection authority used a “cut and paste” template from a different evaluation.

Click here to listen to my full interview, and be sure to check out In Depth With Francis Rose weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Eastern, on 1500 AM in the Washington, D.C. metro area and online everywhere.

Kingdomware SDVOSB Case: My Interview With Francis Rose

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Later this year, the Supreme Court will take up the case of Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States.  The Court will decide whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was correct to find that the VA need not give SDVOSBs and VOSBs a contracting preference so long as the VA is meeting its SDVOSB and VOSB goals.

If you follow SmallGovCon, you know my position: I think the Federal Circuit’s ruling was fundamentally flawed.  Last week, I spoke with Francis Rose of Federal News Radio about the case.  Click here to listen to my interview with Francis, and be sure to tune in to In Depth With Francis Rose weekdays from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern on Federal News Radio.

Simplified Acquisition Threshold Increase: My Interview With Francis Rose

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The House of Representatives has proposed an enormous increase in the simplified acquisition threshold, from $150,000 to $500,000.  In an interview aired on June 4, Francis Rose and I discussed the proposed increase, as well as a recent GAO decision regarding an agency’s obligation (or lack thereof) when it comes to informing an offeror that its price is too high.

Click here to listen to my interview with Francis, and be sure to tune in to In Depth With Francis Rose weekdays from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern on Federal News Radio.

FedBid And The SBA: My Interview With Francis Rose

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Earlier this month, the GAO sustained two protests filed by Latvian Connection LLC–one on a State Department procurement and one on a Department of Interior procurement–because Latvian Connection’s FedBid usage had been suspended.  The GAO held that this was improper because the matter had not been referred to the SBA under the SBA’s Certificate of Competency program.

Yesterday, I appeared on In Depth With Francis Rose to discuss the Latvian Connection cases.  Please follow this link to listen to the audio of my interview, and don’t forget to tune in to Federal News Radio every weekday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. for Francis’s top-notch show.