Dave Albo – Attorney

The only thing worse than losing a bid protest is losing because you waited too long to file — a lesson painfully learned by a disappointed government contractor. COMINT Systems Corp and EyeIT filed a bid protest against the…

A government contractor accused of supplying defective and non-conforming spare parts to the government appealed his criminal conviction on the basis that he was improperly extradited from Mexico. The indictment used to secure the extradition did not mention that…

The Washington Post reports that federal government spending has declined by 4% from the last fiscal year.  This amounts to $20 billion dollars.  This “savings” may really be due to the current administration’s preference to “in-source” programs.  Nonetheless, this…

The answer to this question will largely depend on the size of your business.   Medium-to-Large Businesses Small Businesses The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, commonly referred to as Obamacare, goes into full effect in 2014;…

Every employer knows that the Fair Labor Standards Act requires that nonexempt employees be paid the federal minimum wage for all time worked and that they receive overtime pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours per…

The Department of Defense Unites States Special Operations Command (“USSOCOM”) awarded their Information Technology Service Management (“ITSM”) contract to Jacobs Technology, Inc. instead of IBM.  IBM complained that Jacobs had an “organizational conflict of interest” since it had been…

When the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recommends that a government agency take “corrective action” in procurement by making changes to its selection criteria or process, the Court of Federal Claims will routinely adjudicate challenges to the proposed corrective action. …

Often in the government contract law world, following a recommendation by the United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) in a winning bid protest is wise and bulletproof. However, in Turner Construction Co. v. United States, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 14370 (2011),…

A disappointed government contractor lost its bid protest, and the Court of Federal Claims explained the law on responsibility and responsiveness in offers to requests for proposals (“RFP”). The case is Nilson Van & Storage, Inc. v. United States, 2011…

A government contractor wins its post-award protest where the agency failed to adequately document its “best value” analysis.  This is the latest of a string of recent successful bid protests wherein the government loses on the basis of poor…