Matter of Meridian Knowledge Solutions, LLC Decided: December 13, 2021 Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: FSS Contract; Blanket Purchase Agreement; Material Solicitation Terms Protest Insight This protest is notable because it showcases that, although the GAO is highly deferential to agency evaluations, the GAO will sustain a protest if it
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Quasars, Inc. Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging the nonselection of a vendor for award of a blanket purchase agreement is denied, where quotation was lower rated and higher priced than selected vendors, and the agency reasonably determined that quotation failed to contain sufficient
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Glotech, Inc. Agency: United States Agency for International Development; General Services Administration Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency failed to meaningfully consider price in issuing blanket purchase agreements under Federal Supply Schedule program involving a maximum of $900 million in orders is sustained where the record shows that
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: NikSoft Systems Corporation Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: In a procurement conducted under Federal Supply Schedule procedures, where a statement of work is included, protest that an agency improperly made upward adjustments to the protester’s level of effort as part of its analysis to establish a
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Crewzers Fire Crew Transport, Inc. Agency: Department of Agriculture Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: GAO has jurisdiction to decide a protest of an agency’s modification of the price evaluation formula stated in blanket purchase agreements (BPA) where the price evaluation scheme for the BPAs forms the basis for the placement
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Blanket purchase agreement, Meaningful discussions General Counsel P.C. Highlight: When an agency engages in discussions with a vendor, the discussions must be “meaningful,” that is, sufficiently detailed to lead the vendor into the areas of its quotation requiring amplification or revision. —————————————————————————————————————————– In response
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: In a procurement for the issuance of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) under Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 8.4 procedures for security guard services, protest that the ordering agency failed to evaluate awardee’s low fixed price to determine whether the awardee had