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.

Proposal Evaluation Archive

  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of State   Disposition:  Protest sustained in part, denied in part. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO sustained in part and denied in part the protest of Exelis Systems Corporation, based on the award of a contract to PAE Government Services, Inc.,...

    Exelis Systems Corporation, B-407111.5; B-407111.6; B-407111.7, May 20, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of State   Disposition:  Protest sustained in part, denied in part. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO sustained in part and denied in part the protest of Exelis Systems Corporation, based on the award of a contract to PAE Government Services, Inc.,...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Justice Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of NCI Information Systems, Inc., regarding the issuance of a task order to IntelliDyne, LLC, by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for information technology services supporting the...

    NCI Information Systems, Inc., B-407901; B-407901.2; B-407901.3, March 28, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Justice Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of NCI Information Systems, Inc., regarding the issuance of a task order to IntelliDyne, LLC, by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for information technology services supporting the...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition:  Protest sustained. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO sustained the protest of IBM Corporation, U.S. Federal, based on the award of a contract to HP Enterprise Services, LLC under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the...

    IBM Corporation, U.S. Federal, B-406934; B-406934.2; B-406934.3, October 3, 2012

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition:  Protest sustained. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO sustained the protest of IBM Corporation, U.S. Federal, based on the award of a contract to HP Enterprise Services, LLC under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the...

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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 Koontz Electric Company, Inc., regarding the award of a contract to ABB, Inc., under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the...

    Koontz Electric Company, Inc., B-407946, April 5, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Army Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of Koontz Electric Company, Inc., regarding the award of a contract to ABB, Inc., 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:  Protests denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of Nan, Inc. regarding the award of three multiple-award contracts to P&S Construction, Inc., under a request for proposals (RFP), which was issued by the Department...

    Nan Inc., B-407718; B-407718.2, January 29, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Navy Disposition:  Protests denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of Nan, Inc. regarding the award of three multiple-award contracts to P&S Construction, Inc., under a request for proposals (RFP), which was issued by the Department...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Navy Disposition:  Protest sustained. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO sustained the protest of BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Inc., regarding the award of a contract to L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace, LLC, under a request for proposals (RFP)...

    BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Inc., B-405664; B-405664.2, December 12, 2011

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Navy Disposition:  Protest sustained. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO sustained the protest of BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Inc., regarding the award of a contract to L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace, LLC, under a request for proposals (RFP)...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Interior Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Environment International Ltd. (EI), regarding the award of a task order to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), by the National Parks Service (NPS), Department of...

    Environment International Ltd., B-407705, January 28, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Interior Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Environment International Ltd. (EI), regarding the award of a task order to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), by the National Parks Service (NPS), Department of...

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  • Link:  GAO Decision Protestor:  Energy Engineering & Consulting Services, LLC Agency:   General Services Administration Disposition:  Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest:   Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester’s proposal as unacceptable is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably found that the protester did not address a material...

    Energy Engineering & Consulting Services, LLC, B-407352, December 21, 2012

    Link:  GAO Decision Protestor:  Energy Engineering & Consulting Services, LLC Agency:   General Services Administration Disposition:  Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest:   Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester’s proposal as unacceptable is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably found that the protester did not address a material...

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  • Link:  GAO Decision Protestor:  Wilson 5 Service Company, Inc. Agency:  General Services Administration Disposition:   Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency misevaluated protester’s proposal under technical/inspection factor is denied where record shows that the agency’s evaluation was consistent with the terms of the solicitation. General Counsel PC Highlight:  ...

    Wilson 5 Service Company, Inc., B-407047, October 18, 2012

    Link:  GAO Decision Protestor:  Wilson 5 Service Company, Inc. Agency:  General Services Administration Disposition:   Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency misevaluated protester’s proposal under technical/inspection factor is denied where record shows that the agency’s evaluation was consistent with the terms of the solicitation. General Counsel PC Highlight:  ...

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  • Link: GAO Decision Protestor: M7 Aerospace Agency: Department of State Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest:  Protest that agency unreasonably determined that proposal for aviation support services failed to comply with solicitation requirement to maintain 85% stock effectiveness rate is denied where agency reasonably read...

    M7 Aerospace, B-405732.5, February 13, 2012

    Link: GAO Decision Protestor: M7 Aerospace Agency: Department of State Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest:  Protest that agency unreasonably determined that proposal for aviation support services failed to comply with solicitation requirement to maintain 85% stock effectiveness rate is denied where agency reasonably read...

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