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GAO Faults Corrective Action Reevaluation

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 08.27.15

In eAlliant, LLC (Jan. 14, 2015), GAO demonstrated that reevaluations based on "corrective action" must independently pass muster. Here, the record contained no rational basis or explanation for why the official who had previously credited the protester's technical proposal with multiple strengths had allowed the removal of all but one strength during subsequent reevaluations when there were no material revisions to the RFP's technical requirements or to the protester's proposal.


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Client Alert | 1 min read | 04.18.24

GSA Clarifies Permissibility of Upfront Payments for Software-as-a-Service Offerings

On March 15, 2024, the General Services Administration (GSA) issued Acquisition Letter MV-2024-01 providing guidance to GSA contracting officers on the use of upfront payments for acquisitions of cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).  Specifically, this acquisition letter clarifies that despite statutory prohibitions against the use of “advance” payments outside of narrowly-prescribed circumstances, upfront payments for SaaS licenses do not constitute an “advance” payment subject to these restrictions when made under the following conditions:...