Matter of Vertical Jobs, Inc. Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: April 19, 2018 General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Technical ratings are relevant when evaluating protests. When another bidder has equal ratings and a lower price, a protester must establish that their own bid was improperly evaluated, in order to have standing to
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s acceptance of a letter of commitment from the owner of a cargo vessel as evidence that the awardee had secured a commitment for the vessel is denied where the solicitation did not specify the evidence required, and the
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Small business set-aside; Sources sought notice; Capability of performing General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Before making a small business set aside the FAR only requires the Contracting Officer to determine that it is reasonable that two or more small businesses capable of performing may
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Past performance; Capability evaluation —————————————————————————————————————————– Navistar Defense and BAE Systems protested the award of a contract to Oshkosh Corporation, under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, for production of the family