![]() The agency, thus, went on to award its contract to another bidder. USACE apparently didn’t catch the omission until after it had completed its discussions with all of the offerors, including the Thalle/Nicholson Joint Venture, over the deficiencies in their proposals. In fact, the Thalle/Nicholson Joint Venture was permitted to submit a final revised proposal that was subsequently reviewed by the USACE evaluation board. However, USACE eventually discovered and received confirmation that, although the joint venture partners were registered, the joint venture itself was not registered with SAM by the time it submitted its bid. ![]() Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) ultimately excluded from consideration a proposal by the Thalle/Nicholson Joint Venture because the joint venture failed to comply with FAR clause 52.204-7(b)(1), which states that an offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer. In Thalle/Nicholson Joint Venture v U.S., the U.S. ![]() As two companies recently learned, however, it’s a little thing…until it isn’t. The number of “that things,” both big and little, can be compounded even further when multiple companies are scrambling together in order to submit a proposal as a joint venture. For example, for mentor-protégé joint venturers in the SBA's Mentor-Protégé program, one of the big things they may have to do is obtain approval of their mentor-protégé agreements by the SBA before they submit their offers if they want to avoid affiliation rules.Īnd one of the seemingly little things that all joint venture partners have to do is register the joint venture separately in the System for Award Management (SAM). ![]() Who hasn’t said or thought this at one time or another? And in the mad dash to get a proposal submitted under the deadline, there can be a number of “that things” that need to get done. What was that…ahh, I can't remember now but I’m sure it will come back to me at some point. I know it’s something I said I need to get done at some point. ![]()
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