System for Award Management

Protests filed at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”) differ in many ways from protests before the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”). For example, protests before GAO are uniform given that they are decisions of the same office, whereas COFC protest decisions sometimes diverge because each judge is autonomous and their decisions are not...

On October 26, 2022, John M. Tenaglia, Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting, issued Class Deviation 2023-O0001 to direct contracting officers to use alternate procedures to verify small business joint venture offeror eligibility instead of using the System for Award Management (“SAM”). The Class Deviation takes effect on October 28, 2022 and remains in effect...