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Price Reasonableness Archive
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Contract Services, Inc., B-407894; B-407894.2, April 3, 2013
Posted on April 24, 2013 | No CommentsLink: 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... -
Emergint Technologies, Inc., B-407006, October 18, 2012
Posted on November 7, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Decision Protestor: Emergint Technologies, Inc. Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is sustained where solicitation for the issuance of a fixed-price time-and-materials task order did not provide for a price realism evaluation, yet the agency... -
Lifecycle Construction Services, LLC, B-406907, September 27, 2012
Posted on October 31, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Decision Protestor: Lifecycle Construction Services, LLC Agency: Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly rejected protester’s proposal as unreasonably low priced is sustained where the agency based its conclusion on a comparison of... -
MVM, Inc., B-403912.3, May 26, 2011
Posted on May 9, 2012 | No CommentsLink: 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... -
Applied Business Management Solutions Incorporated, LLC, B-405724, December 15, 2011
Posted on January 9, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest that agency improperly accepted awardee’s plan to hire incumbent personnel based on claim that personnel will be unavailable is denied where there is no significant countervailing evidence reasonably known... -
United Concordia Companies, Inc., B-404740, April 27, 2011
Posted on June 8, 2011 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Price Reasonableness General Counsel P.C. Highlight: The techniques and procedures described under FAR 15.404-1(b) Price Analysis, are generally the primary means of assessing price reasonableness. —————————————————————————————————————————– United Concordia Companies, Inc. (UCCI) protests the award of... -
PJ Helicopters, Inc., B-402524.2, May 20, 2010
Posted on July 22, 2010 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Price Reasonableness General Counsel P.C. Highlight: PJ Helicopters, Inc. protests the determination by the U.S. Forest Service, National Interagency Fire Center, to exclude its proposal from the competitive range under a request... -
Milani Construction, LLC, File: B-401942, Date: December 22, 2009
Posted on May 6, 2010 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service Disposition: Protest Sustained in part. Keywords: Price reasonableness; Price realism General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An agency’s concern in making a “price reasonableness” determination focuses primarily on whether the offered prices are higher than warranted. Although... -
SDV Solutions, Inc., B-402309, February 1, 2010
Posted on February 11, 2010 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Agriculture Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Price reasonableness; price realism General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO will not re-evaluate proposals in considering a bid protest, but will only consider whether the Agency’s evaluation was reasonable. —————————————————————————————————————————– In October of 2009, the... -
The Mangi Environmental Group, Inc., B-401783, November 20, 2009
Posted on November 20, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency evaluation and source selection decision were flawed where agency made award to higher-rated, significantly higher-priced offeror is denied where record shows that evaluation and source selection decision were...
