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Preaward/Postaward Requirements Archive

  • Link: GAO Decision Protestor: MVM, Inc. Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency reasonably determined that awardee’s comparatively low extended pricing did not pose an unacceptable risk for recruitment and retention where proposed rates for labor categories that made up majority...

    MVM, Inc., B-403912.3, May 26, 2011

    Posted on May 9, 2012 | No Comments
    Link: GAO Decision Protestor: MVM, Inc. Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency reasonably determined that awardee’s comparatively low extended pricing did not pose an unacceptable risk for recruitment and retention where proposed rates for labor categories that made up majority...

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  • Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Preaward/Postaward Requirements General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Usually, a certification requirement listed in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) in an RFP may be satisfied after award and prior to the beginning of performance and is...

    Nilson Van & Storage, Inc., B-403009, August 19, 2010

    Posted on September 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Preaward/Postaward Requirements General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Usually, a certification requirement listed in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) in an RFP may be satisfied after award and prior to the beginning of performance and is...

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  • Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest sustained. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest against solicitation requirement that telecommunications equipment be certified by the Joint Interoperability Test Command at the time of submission of quotations is sustained where the record does not establish that...

    SMARTnet, Inc., B-400651.2, January 27, 2009

    Posted on January 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest sustained. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest against solicitation requirement that telecommunications equipment be certified by the Joint Interoperability Test Command at the time of submission of quotations is sustained where the record does not establish that...

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