All Things Protest: Failure to Update “Contingent” Pricing Dooms Proposal and Protest (July 2021)
Podcast | 07.28.21
Crowell & Moring’s “All Things Protest” podcast keeps you up to date on major trends in bid protest litigation, key developments in high-profile cases, and best practices in state and federal procurement. In this episode, hosts Olivia Lynch and Rob Sneckenberg discuss a recent set of protests addressing “contingent” pricing and the importance of updating a proposal in response to solicitation amendments.
Materials Discussed in This Episode
- Asset Protection & Security Services, L.P. v. United States, No. 2021-1008, 2021 WL 3027139 (Fed. Cir. July 19, 2021).
- Asset Protection & Security Services, L.P. v. United States, 150 Fed. Cl. 441 (2020).
- Asset Protection & Security Services, LP, B-417024.6, B-417024.7, Apr. 6, 2020, 2020 CPD ¶ 137.
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