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Bid Protest Jurisdiction Archive
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Colt Defense, LLC, B-406696.2, November 16, 2012
Posted on December 5, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Decision Protestor: Colt Defense, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Dismissed. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: GAO will not resolve a dispute involving interpretation of a license agreement, even where the amount of the royalty fee under the agreement bears upon evaluation factors... -
Crewzers Fire Crew Transport, Inc., B-406601, July 11, 2012
Posted on July 18, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Decision Protestor: Crewzers Fire Crew Transport, Inc. Agency: Department of Agriculture Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: GAO has jurisdiction to decide a protest of an agency’s modification of the price evaluation formula stated in blanket purchase agreements (BPA) where the price evaluation... -
Serco Inc., B-406061.1, B-406061.2, February 1, 2012
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Decision Protestor: Serco Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. For purpose of determining GAO jurisdiction over challenge to award of task order, value of option to extend services under clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation § 52.217-8... -
Biblia, Inc., B-403006, September 13, 2010
Posted on September 23, 2010 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Bid Protest Jurisdiction; Source Selection Decision General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A source selection decision must be in writing and made in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. Without such a written determination, the decision is... -
Armorworks Enterprises, LLC, B-401671.3, November 6, 2009
Posted on November 6, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: U.S. Army Materiel Command Disposition: Protest dismissed. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: GAO does not have jurisdiction to consider protest challenging agency’s decision to issue three separate delivery orders for body armor plates where each of the delivery orders is valued below the... -
Armed Forces Hospitality, LLC, B-298978.2; B-298978.3, October 1, 2009
Posted on October 1, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest jurisdiction of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) extends to protest of a no-cost contractual agreement for the provision of lodging services to transient soldiers, as part of the Department... -
Louisiana State Department of Social Services, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services, B-400912.2, July 1, 2009
Posted on July 1, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition: Protest dismissed. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Government Accountability Office will not consider protest by state licensing agency (SLA) challenging award of contract for manufacturing support and facilities operation at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) facility,... -
Public Communications Services, Inc.–Costs, B-400058.4, June 25, 2009
Posted on June 25, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Request granted. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Government Accountability Office has jurisdiction to hear protest of the award of a no-cost contract for provision of phone services to detainees in the custody of the Bureau of Immigration and... -
Alatech Healthcare, LLC, B-400925; B-400925.2, March 9, 2009
Posted on March 29, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: United States Agency for International Development Disposition: Protest dismissed. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Government Accountability Office will not consider protest of an award of subcontract as “by” the government, where record shows that prime contractor had extensive involvement in conducting acquisition, including... -
e-Management Consultants, Inc.; Centech Group, Inc., B-400585.2; B-400585.3, February 3, 2009
Posted on February 3, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Transportation Disposition: Protests denied in part and dismissed in part. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency reasonably cancelled solicitation based on concerns, supported by the record, that the primary author of the solicitation’s statement of work and evaluation factors had a...
