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GAO Rejects Rubber-Stamp LPTA Technical Evaluation

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 12.14.15

In a low-price-technically-acceptable procurement for IDIQ contracts for flame-resistant Army combat shirts, GAO sustained a challenge to the technical evaluation because the agency did not critically evaluate whether any of the three awardees' proposals actually met a particular solicitation requirement. GAO rejected the agency's nondescript finding that each awardee's proposal was "acceptable," and instead concluded that none of the awardees had provided a meaningful narrative addressing the requirement and that one, in fact, had included test data in its proposal showing that it did not meet the requirement.


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Client Alert | 7 min read | 05.18.26

Procurement Act 2023: First Automatic Suspension Applications Dismissed — What This Means for Suppliers to the UK Government

The first applications to lift an automatic suspension under the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) have recently been decided. In Parkingeye Limited v Velindre University NHS Trust & Anor [2026] EWHC 1019 (TCC), handed down on 1 May 2026, HHJ Keyser KC dismissed applications by two NHS contracting authorities to lift the suspension preventing them from concluding a car park management services contract. This is the first judicial consideration of the new test under section 102(2) of the Act....