Discussions With VA Did Not Alert Protester To Serious Quotation Deficiency, GAO Rules

Washington, D.C.-based counsel and member of the firm's Government Contracts Group, Steve McBrady, discusses the recent decision released by the GAO that, according to the article, the Department of Veterans Affairs held misleading discussions because it failed to identify a critical quotation deficiency. McBrady says the case is, "a reminder to all contractors considering their protest options that simply because the agency characterizes an exchange (or in this case, numerous exchanges) as 'clarifications', that does not mean that GAO will necessarily agree."