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Lack Of Experience Can Be Cured

Client Alert | 1 min read | 06.02.06

In T Square Logistics Services Corp. – Costs (Apr. 26, 2006, http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/2977904.pdf), a decision triggered by the agency's refusal to pay protest costs following a corrective action, GAO held that the original protest was clearly meritorious because the agency had failed to conduct meaningful discussions to disclose its concerns about the protester's lack of experience in several functional areas relevant to the contract. Rejecting the agency's argument that no discussions were required because the lack of experience could not be cured in a revised proposal, GAO noted that protester had asserted that, had it been advised of the agency's concerns, it would have proposed subcontractors with the necessary experience.

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Client Alert | 5 min read | 05.13.25

Californian Autonomous Vehicles Get a Revised Regulatory Load if New DMV Law Passes

On April 25, 2025, the California DMV released a notice of proposed regulations focused on changes to the testing and deployment of light-duty and heavy-duty commercial autonomous vehicles. California previously released draft regulations and asked for public comment, the last round ending August 30, 2024....