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Gotta Give A Guy A Fair Chance On The Redo

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 09.14.07

GAO in Sikorsky Aircraft Co. (Aug. 30, 2007, http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/2991455.pdf) slapped down the AF's attempt in its large helicopter procurement simply to "reevaluate" and not give Sikorsky and Lockheed a chance to alter their proposals after GAO found the initial award to Boeing improper. The problem with the AF's approach was that it materially changed the evaluation scheme but then did not give the protestors a chance to revise their proposals to take that into account.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 08.07.26

Missouri AG Sues Kansas City Over Race- and Sex-Based Contracting Program

On July 22, 2026, Missouri Attorney General Catherine L. Hanaway filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Kansas City, Missouri, challenging the city’s longstanding Minority and Women Business Enterprise (MWBE) program as unconstitutional. The AG filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri alongside private plaintiffs Charles Cacioppo Jr. and his company, Industrial Salvage and Wrecking Co....