As ordered by Judge Thomas Wheeler of the Court of Federal Claims (COFC), the U.S. Government produced its Administrative Record (AR) last week in support of the cancellation of the Department of Education’s (ED or FSA) Solicitation No. ED-FSA-16-R-0009 for Large Business Debt Collection Services. The conclusion of the 12-page record -- plus 26 exhibits, which were not made public as of the time of this writing -- is that the existing small business Private Collection Agency (PCA) contractors have sufficient capacity to do the job; ED doesn’t need the large contractors that would be selected through the Solicitation in question.
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