Welcome to the weekly online journal focused entirely on GAO Bid Protests of Federal Government contract awards brought to you by the Government Contracts Practice Group at General Counsel, P.C.. This site will be updated at least once a week with analysis and summaries of the latest GAO Bid Protest decisions and information to help professionals and business owners make informed decisions on protesting a contract solicitation or award.

Search our archives past GAO protest decisions and come back often to keep up to date on the latest trends and legal decisions in Bid Protests. If you have questions about filing a Bid Protest or you were awarded a contract that has been protested, please contact the editor immediately as missing a filing deadline is the quickest way to lose your right to protest or defend your award.

Cost-Technical Trade-Off Archive

  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Homeland Security Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of ABSG Consulting, Inc. (ABSG), a small business, regarding the award of a contract to Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. (BAH), by the Department of Homeland Security,...

    ABSG Consulting, Inc., B-407956; B-407956.2, April 18, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Homeland Security Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of ABSG Consulting, Inc. (ABSG), a small business, regarding the award of a contract to Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. (BAH), by the Department of Homeland Security,...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Defense          Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of American Apparel, Inc., based on the award of a contract to Bluewater Defense by the Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), under a request for...

    American Apparel, Inc., B-407399.2, April 30, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Defense          Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of American Apparel, Inc., based on the award of a contract to Bluewater Defense by the Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), under a request for...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Army Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of Contract Services, Inc. (CSI), regarding the award of a contract to ALOG Corporation, under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of the...

    Contract Services, Inc., B-407894; B-407894.2, April 3, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Army Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of Contract Services, Inc. (CSI), regarding the award of a contract to ALOG Corporation, under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of the...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Navy Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Halfaker and Associates, LLC, regarding the issuance of a task order to Native Hawaiian Veterans, LLC (NHV), by the Department of the Navy, Naval Supply...

    Halfaker and Associates, LLC, B-407919; B-407919.2, April 10, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Navy Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Halfaker and Associates, LLC, regarding the issuance of a task order to Native Hawaiian Veterans, LLC (NHV), by the Department of the Navy, Naval Supply...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Defense Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of WingGate Travel, Inc., regarding the Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Human Resource Activity’s award of a contract to Semont Travel, doing business as Travco, under a...

    WingGate Travel, Inc., B-405007.14, April 12, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Defense Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of WingGate Travel, Inc., regarding the Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Human Resource Activity’s award of a contract to Semont Travel, doing business as Travco, under a...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Homeland Security Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Burke Consortium, Inc., based on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision not to award Burke a contract under a request for proposals (RFP) for...

    Burke Consortium, Inc., B-407273.3; B-407273.5, February 7, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Homeland Security Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Burke Consortium, Inc., based on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision not to award Burke a contract under a request for proposals (RFP) for...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Walsh Investors, LLC, regarding the award of a contract to Fedcar Company Ltd., under a solicitation issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for...

    Walsh Investors, LLC, B-407717; B-407717.2, January 28, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Walsh Investors, LLC, regarding the award of a contract to Fedcar Company Ltd., under a solicitation issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for...

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  • Link: GAO Decision Protestor: ERC Inc. Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that source selection authority’s (SSA) selection decision was improper is denied where the record shows the SSA conducted an extensive examination of the qualitative merits of...

    ERC Inc., B-407297, B407297.2, November 19, 2012

    Link: GAO Decision Protestor: ERC Inc. Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that source selection authority’s (SSA) selection decision was improper is denied where the record shows the SSA conducted an extensive examination of the qualitative merits of...

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  • Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Tetra Tech EC, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that the agency improperly evaluated the awardee’s proposal is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of...

    Tetra Tech EC, Inc. B-406975, B-406975.3, B-406975.4, October 9, 2012

    Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Tetra Tech EC, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that the agency improperly evaluated the awardee’s proposal is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of...

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  • Link: GAO Decision Protestor: General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. Agency: U.S. Army Material Command Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging evaluation of proposals and price/technical tradeoff decision is denied where the record shows that both were reasonable, consistent with the solicitation’s evaluation criteria,...

    General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., B-407057, October 12, 2012

    Link: GAO Decision Protestor: General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. Agency: U.S. Army Material Command Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging evaluation of proposals and price/technical tradeoff decision is denied where the record shows that both were reasonable, consistent with the solicitation’s evaluation criteria,...

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