Matter of Unico Mechanical Corporation Decided: August 1, 2023 Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Buy American Act Protest Insight Here, GAO shed light on the requirements of an offeror when submitting a Buy American Act waiver. FAR clause 52.225-9 requires a requester seeking such a waiver based on unreasonable cost to
Agency: Department of Energy Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: September 4, 2018 Keywords: Buy American Act General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Omitting certain information that does not impact price or an enable the bidder to change the bid price does not render a bid “nonresponsive” for bid submission purposes. Summary of Facts A small business set aside
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Integrity Supply Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protest Denied. _________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly applied a domestic item restriction established by 10 U.S.C. § 2533a is denied where the agency reasonably determined that items being procured (electrical gloves) are items of “clothing” and therefore covered by the restrictions set
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Sea Box, Inc. Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Sustained. _________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: The failure of the protester’s quotation to agree to hold its prices firm for 90 days did not render the quotation unacceptable, because the concept of an acceptance period has no application to quotations, which are not
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Government Printing Office Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Terms of the Solicitation; Buy American Act; Trade Agreement Act General Counsel P.C. Highlight: The Buy American Act requires that only domestic end products be acquired for public use. In comparison, the Trade Agreements Act provides that eligible products from World Trade Organization Government Procurement