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Contractor Gets "Second Bite" When Final Decision Reconsidered

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 08.03.15

In LRV Envtl., Inc. (July 14, 2015), the ASBCA found that "reconsideration" of a CO's final decision resets the 90-day clock for a CDA appeal. The CO had issued a final decision, but subsequently reconsidered a portion of it on its own motion, leading the board to conclude that "the decision was not truly final" prior to the reconsideration and so the contractor's 90-day appeal window ran from the latter decision.


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Client Alert | 4 min read | 09.15.26

GAO Indicates Reasonable Conflict of Interest Investigation Must Include Inquiry of Involved Firm

The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recent decision in Viderity Inc.—Costs, B-424422.5, Sept. 1, 2026, offers useful insight into what constitutes a legally sufficient conflict of interest investigation. The decision arose in an unusual procedural posture: Viderity initially protested, alleging that an agency evaluator had a personal conflict of interest. After the agency took corrective action, Viderity filed a cost entitlement claim requesting that GAO direct the agency to reimburse Viderity’s protest costs. In evaluating that claim, GAO assessed whether Viderity’s underlying protest ground was “clearly meritorious.”...