The Federal Claims Court ruled that a company's bid proposal was not late because it "was both reached and received by the government's e-mail servers before the due date."
The Defense Department's past-performance database sometimes is not a reliable guide to which contractors are best prepared to handle a job, a wartime commission has found.
Officials now must justify sole-source contracts, such as those awarded to Alaska Native Corporations, worth more than $20 million, according to a new interim rule.
A commission reviewing government contracting in war zones recommends both expanding jurisdiction for punishing wrongdoers and requiring suspensions and debarments.
