Bid Protest Spotlight: Evaluation Criteria, Omissions, Conflicts

By James Tucker ( August 26, 2026, 6:16 PM EDT) -- This article is part of a monthly column that provides takeaways from recent bid protest cases. This installment highlights three decisions that examine a soliciting agency's latitude to deviate from its own evaluation criteria, a missing certification's effect on award eligibility, and an agency's mid-litigation waiver resolving meritorious conflict of interest allegations....

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