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.

Unstated Evaluation Criteria Archive

  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Army Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denies the protest of Caduceus Healthcare, Inc., based on the rejection of its proposal as unacceptable under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Army,...

    Caduceus Healthcare, Inc., B-407791, February 21, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Army Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denies the protest of Caduceus Healthcare, Inc., based on the rejection of its proposal as unacceptable under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Army,...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Navy Disposition:  Request denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denies the request of the Department of the Navy for reconsideration of its decision in BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Inc., B-405664; B-405664.2, Dec. 12, 2011, in which GAO...

    Department of the Navy–Reconsideration, B-405664.3, May 17, 2012

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Navy Disposition:  Request denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denies the request of the Department of the Navy for reconsideration of its decision in BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Inc., B-405664; B-405664.2, Dec. 12, 2011, in which GAO...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Defense Administration Systems Agency Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of Computer World Services Corporation (CWS), regarding the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) award of a contract to Vykin Corporation, under a request for proposals (RFP),...

    Computer World Services Corporation, B-407783, February 15, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Defense Administration Systems Agency Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of Computer World Services Corporation (CWS), regarding the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) award of a contract to Vykin Corporation, under a request for proposals (RFP),...

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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 Walsh Investors, LLC, regarding the award of a contract to Fedcar Company Ltd., under a solicitation issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for...

    Walsh Investors, LLC, B-407717; B-407717.2, January 28, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Walsh Investors, LLC, regarding the award of a contract to Fedcar Company Ltd., under a solicitation issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for...

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  • Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Colt Defense, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Sustained in part, Denied in part. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging the evaluation of offerors’ prices is sustained where the agency failed to follow the solicitation criteria with regard to the...

    Colt Defense, LLC, B-406696, July 24, 2012

    Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Colt Defense, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Sustained in part, Denied in part. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging the evaluation of offerors’ prices is sustained where the agency failed to follow the solicitation criteria with regard to the...

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  • Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Orion Technology, Inc.; Chenega Integrated Mission Support, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protests Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is sustained where record shows that agency mechanically and unequally applied undisclosed staffing estimates in evaluating the offerors’ proposed staffing plans...

    Orion Technology, Inc.; Chenega Integrated Mission Support, LLC, B-406769, B-406769.2, B-406769.5, August 22, 2012

    Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Orion Technology, Inc.; Chenega Integrated Mission Support, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protests Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is sustained where record shows that agency mechanically and unequally applied undisclosed staffing estimates in evaluating the offerors’ proposed staffing plans...

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  • Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Technical Weaknesses; Technical Evaluation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: In a challenge to the Agency’s evaluation, the GAO will not substitute its own judgment for that of the agency, but will question the agency’s conclusions...

    DRS ICAS, LLC, B-401852.4; B-401852.5, September 8, 2010

    Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Technical Weaknesses; Technical Evaluation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: In a challenge to the Agency’s evaluation, the GAO will not substitute its own judgment for that of the agency, but will question the agency’s conclusions...

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  • Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Labor Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that evaluation improperly included undisclosed criteria concerning milestones for meeting Job Corps Center capacity and compensation sufficient to attract and retain personnel is denied, where both matters were clearly encompassed by...

    MINACT, Inc., B-400951, March 27, 2009

    Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Labor Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that evaluation improperly included undisclosed criteria concerning milestones for meeting Job Corps Center capacity and compensation sufficient to attract and retain personnel is denied, where both matters were clearly encompassed by...

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  • Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition:  Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that award is improper because awardee’s parent company is not registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database is denied since there is no requirement in the Federal Acquisition...

    Computer Cite, B-400830, February 3, 2009

    Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition:  Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that award is improper because awardee’s parent company is not registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database is denied since there is no requirement in the Federal Acquisition...

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