Matter of Mancon, LLC Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: May 12, 2020 Keywords: Unbalanced Pricing, Price Realism General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Protest alleging that awardee’s pricing is unbalanced is dismissed where the protester fails to make the threshold showing that one or more of the awardee’s prices was overstated and where
Matter of AECOM Management Services, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: May 15, 2020 Keywords: Cost Realism; Proposal Detail General Counsel P.C. Highlight: When an agency evaluates a proposal for the award of a cost reimbursable contract or task order, the offeror’s proposed costs are not dispositive and the agency must
Matter of American Systems Group Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Dismissed Decided: June 9, 2020 Keywords: Timeliness of Protest; Price Realism; Pre-Award Protest General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Protests must be filed no later than 10 days after the protester knew, or should have known, of the basis for protest, whichever is earlier. Summary of
Matter of Qi Tech, LLC Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: April 16, 2020 Keywords: Reevaluation; Reevaluation Standards General Counsel P.C. Highlight: The overriding concern when considering the reasonableness of a reevaluation is whether the final ratings reasonably reflect the relative merits of proposals. Summary of Facts Qi Tech, LLC protests the
Matter of Deloitte Consulting LLP Agency: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: March 23, 2020 Keywords: Material Solicitation Terms General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A proposal that takes exception to a solicitation’s material terms and conditions (price, quantity, quality, or delivery of the goods or services being provided) should
Matter of MCI Diagnostic Center, LLC Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: March 11, 2020 Keywords: Sole-Source Award General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An agency may solicit from one source if the contracting officer reasonably determines that only one source is reasonably available. Summary of Facts MCI Diagnostic Center, LLC (MCI) protests the issuance
Matter of R B Toth Associates LLC Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities Disposition: Protest Dismissed Decided: March 13, 2020 Keywords: GAO Jurisdiction General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO’s bid protest jurisdiction is limited to acquisitions of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the United States Government. Summary of Facts R.B. Toth
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Dismissed Decided: February 27, 2020 Keywords: Small Business Set-Asides; SDVOSB Set-Asides; Certificate of Competency General Counsel P.C. Highlight: The SBA has the exclusive authority to review a contracting officer’s determination that a small business concern is not responsible. The GAO does not review certificate of competency referrals to the
Agency: Department of Interior Disposition: Request for Costs Granted Decided: February 14, 2020 Keywords: Reimbursement of Protest Costs General Counsel P.C. Highlight: If the agency delays taking corrective action in the face of a clearly meritorious protest, causing the protester to make further use of the protest process in order to obtain relief, GAO may
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: January 2, 2020 Keywords: Material Solicitation Terms General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A requirement for letters of commitment from key personnel generally constitutes a material solicitation requirement and failure of an awardee to comply with a material solicitation requirement may result in a sustained protest