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The Editor, Bryan R. King is an associate in the Government Contracts Practice Group of General Counsel, P.C. He advises contractors in all aspects of government contracts law. Editor's Bio 
Fixed Price Contract Archive
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Beyel Brothers, Inc., B-406640, B-406640.2, July 18, 2012
Posted on August 8, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Decision Protestor: Beyel Brothers, Inc. Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that the awardee’s proposed fuel price was unrealistically low fails to state a valid basis for protest where the solicitation provided for the award of fixed-price... -
CC Distributors, Inc., B-406450, B-406450.2, May 25, 2012
Posted on June 20, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Decision Protestor: CC Distributors, Inc. Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest Agency reasonably evaluated the awardee’s past performance as excellent/high confidence, where agency considered the awardee’s and its proposed subcontractor’s history of relevant past performance and the... -
Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC, B-406136, B-406136.2, February 15, 2012
Posted on March 21, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Decision Protestor: Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging an agency’s determination that the awardee’s fixed price was realistic is denied, where the agency compared the awardee’s low price to the... -
People’s Accident Information Service, Inc., d/b/a Securit, B-404211, January 18, 2011
Posted on March 14, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Decision Protestor: People’s Accident Information Service, Inc., d/b/a Securit Agency: Smithsonian Institution Disposition: Protest Denied. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly failed to evaluate offerors’ proposed prices to determine whether they understood the requirements of the solicitation is denied where the protester... -
ITT Electronic Systems Radar, Reconnaissance & Acoustic Systems, B-405608, December 5, 2011
Posted on February 15, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest denied. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency misevaluated protester’s quotation under key personnel and professional staff factor is denied where record shows evaluation was unobjectionable. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: ITT first asserts that the... -
Analytic Strategies, B-404840, May 5, 2011
Posted on June 1, 2011 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Price Realism; Fixed Price Contract General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An agency may, in its discretion, provide for a price realism analysis for the purpose of assessing whether an offeror’s price is so low as to... -
Solers, Inc., B-404032.3; B-404032.4, April 6, 2011
Posted on May 18, 2011 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Fixed Price Contract General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Where a solicitation requests proposals on a fixed-price basis, a price offer that is conditional and not firm cannot be considered for award. —————————————————————————————————————————– Solers, Inc. protests the... -
Philips Healthcare Informatics, B-400733.8, B-400733.11, B-400733.13, December 2, 2009
Posted on December 15, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agencies: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest dismissed. Keywords: Interested party; firm fixed-price proposal —————————————————————————————————————————– Philips Healthcare Informatics (PHI) protested the award of a commercial item contract to AGFA HealthCare Corporation (AGFA) by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under a request...
