Matter of: Herman Construction Group, Inc. Agency: Department of Veteran Affairs Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Mistake; Bid and Proposal Costs; Price Calculation Error Decided: January 5, 2018 Released: January 12, 2018 General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Agencies may only permit bid modification based on error or mistake when the evidence establishes clear and convincing evidence both
Agency: Department of Veteran Affairs Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: August 25, 2017 Keywords: Evaluations, Price Evaluation, Price Reasonableness General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Agencies must not evaluate the cost of each line item in a vacuum. Rather, the agency must engage in analysis of whether a single high price quote would result in the government paying
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 size status when requesting task order proposals under a small
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Federal Communications Commission Disposition: Claim for costs denied. Keywords: Bid and Proposal Costs General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Recovery of bid and proposal costs is dependent upon the protester providing adequate documentation that identifies and supports the amounts claimed for each individual expense (including cost data to support the calculation of claimed
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Requested modification is denied. Keywords: Bid and Proposal Costs (B&P Costs) General Counsel, P.C. Highlight: GAO will not recommend an Agency pay a protester’s bid and proposal costs (B&P Costs) following a successful protest, so long as the Agency follows the GAO’s corrective action recommendation