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.

Small Business Set-Asides Archive

  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Army Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of BCPeabody Construction Services, Inc. based on the award of a contract to Edens Construction Company, by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, under...

    BC Peabody Construction Services, Inc., B-408023, May 10, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Army Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of BCPeabody Construction Services, Inc. based on the award of a contract to Edens Construction Company, by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, under...

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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 FPM Remediations, Inc., based on the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of...

    FPM Remediations, Inc., B-407933.2, April 22, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Army Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of FPM Remediations, Inc., based on the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    United States Coast Guard Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Phoenix Group of Virginia, Inc., regarding the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with the McHenry Management Group, under a request for quotations (RFQ),...

    Phoenix Group of Virginia, Inc., B-407852, March 12, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    United States Coast Guard Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Phoenix Group of Virginia, Inc., regarding the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with the McHenry Management Group, under a request for quotations (RFQ),...

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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 Energy Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Endeavor Enterprise Solutions, LLC, (EES) regarding the award of a contract to GET-NSA, LLC, under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of Energy...

    Endeavor Enterprise Solutions, LLC, B-407760; B-407760.2; B-407760.3, January 31, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Energy Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Endeavor Enterprise Solutions, LLC, (EES) regarding the award of a contract to GET-NSA, LLC, under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of Energy...

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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 American Medical Equipment Company (AMEC), regarding the terms of a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for home oxygen...

    American Medical Equipment Company, B-407113; B-407113.2, November 8, 2012

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of American Medical Equipment Company (AMEC), regarding the terms of a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for home oxygen...

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  • Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Walden Security Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging an agency’s decision to set aside a procurement for small businesses is denied where the record shows that...

    Walden Security, B-407022, B-407022.2, October 10, 2012

    Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Walden Security Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging an agency’s decision to set aside a procurement for small businesses is denied where the record shows that...

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  • Link: GAO Decision Protestor: The Ross Group Construction Corporation Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Request Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Request that an agency reimburse protester for proposal preparation costs is denied where the agency acted within its discretion to require re-certification of small business...

    The Ross Group Construction Corporation – Request for Modification of Remedy, B-405180.3, August 7, 2012

    Link: GAO Decision Protestor: The Ross Group Construction Corporation Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Request Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Request that an agency reimburse protester for proposal preparation costs is denied where the agency acted within its discretion to require re-certification of small business...

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  • Link: GAO Decision Protestor: CYIOS, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that procurement consolidating information technology support services was an impermissible bundling of requirements is denied, where the agency reasonably determined that consolidation would result in substantial cost...

    CYIOS, Inc., B-402728.3, July 13, 2012

    Link: GAO Decision Protestor: CYIOS, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that procurement consolidating information technology support services was an impermissible bundling of requirements is denied, where the agency reasonably determined that consolidation would result in substantial cost...

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  • Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Tipton Textile Rental, Inc. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency misevaluated awardee’s quotation is sustained where solicitation required a barrier wall to achieve physical separation of soiled linens from cleaned linens, and awardee’s...

    Tipton Textile Rental, Inc., B-406372, May 9, 2012

    Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Tipton Textile Rental, Inc. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency misevaluated awardee’s quotation is sustained where solicitation required a barrier wall to achieve physical separation of soiled linens from cleaned linens, and awardee’s...

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