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Alternative Procurement Yields Protestor Bid Preparation Costs

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 10.02.08

Klinge Corp. v. U.S. (Sept. 30, 2008) presented the unusual situation of the agency, after remand from a successful protest of an IDIQ award, purchasing the items under a separate Federal Supply Schedule contract instead. Perceiving no attempt to circumvent the prior ruling of the court or otherwise to act in bad faith, the CFC found that the two awards could have overlapped in any event and refused to enjoin the FSS award, while awarding the protestor its bid preparation costs under the original solicitation.

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Client Alert | 2 min read | 03.23.26

ACTS Survey Compliance Deadline Temporarily Extended: What Higher Education Institutions Need to Know

On March 13, a Massachusetts federal district court temporarily blocked the Trump Administration from requiring higher education institutions to respond to the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (“ACTS”) survey — a new data collection effort mandating that institutions disclose detailed admissions information regarding students’ race and sex to the federal government. In Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Department of Education, 1:26-cv-11229 (D. Mass.), the court extended the deadline for institutions to respond to the survey from March 18th to March 25th to allow time to consider the case....