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Matter of ANAMAR Environmental Consulting, Inc.

  • April 11, 2017
  • Bid ProtestsClearly Meritorious ProtestReimbursement of Protest Costs
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Matter of ANAMAR Environmental Consulting, Inc. (Nov. 9, 2016) Agency: Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Disposition: Request for Reimbursement Granted Keywords: Reimbursement, clearly meritorious, promptness of agency response Decided: Protester request for reimbursement granted General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Where a protest is clearly meritorious, and the agency’s response is not prompt or does

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Rite-Solutions, Inc.–Costs, B-407920.3, June 27, 2013

  • July 27, 2013
  • Clearly Meritorious ProtestReimbursement of Protest Costs
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Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Navy Disposition:  Request denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the request of Rite-Solutions, Inc. that it be reimbursed costs incurred in filing and pursuing a protest challenging the Department of the Navy’s award of a contract pursuant to a request for proposals (RFP) for network infrastructure and

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URS Federal Services, Inc. – Costs, B-406140.4, July 17, 2012

  • August 15, 2012
  • Clearly Meritorious ProtestCorrective ActionReimbursement of Protest Costs

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: URS Federal Services, Inc. Agency: Internal Revenue Service Disposition: Request Granted in Part, Denied in Part. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: GAO will recommend that agency reimburse protester for the costs of filing and pursuing its protest, where the agency did not take corrective action in response to the protest until after the

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Blackstone Consulting, Inc., B-405909.2, January 31, 2012

  • June 27, 2012
  • Clearly Meritorious ProtestPast PerformanceReimbursement of Protest Costs

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Blackstone Consulting, Inc. Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Request for Reimbursement Granted. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: GAO recommends reimbursement of the costs of filing and pursuing protest challenging agency’s failure to evaluate firm’s past performance questionnaires as part of the past performance evaluation where the issue was clearly meritorious but

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Kingdomware Technologies – Costs, B-406228.2, May 10, 2012

  • May 16, 2012
  • Clearly Meritorious ProtestCorrective ActionFSS ContractReimbursement of Protest CostsVeterans First

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Kingdomware Technologies Inc. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Request Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protester is not entitled to reimbursement of protest costs after agency took corrective action where protest was not clearly meritorious. General Counsel PC Highlight:  Kingdomware Technologies Inc. requested that the GAO recommend that it be reimbursed the

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ARINC Engineering Services, LLC, B-405731.3, March 28, 2012

  • April 4, 2012
  • Clearly Meritorious ProtestReimbursement of Protest Costs

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: ARINC Engineering Services, LLC Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest was not clearly meritorious, and reimbursement of protest costs following agency corrective action therefore is not warranted, where additional record development and substantial further analysis would have been required to resolve protest.  General Counsel PC Highlight:

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InfraMap Corporation – Costs, B-406167.3, March 26, 2012

  • April 4, 2012
  • Clearly Meritorious ProtestReimbursement of Protest Costs

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: InfraMap Corporation Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Request Denied _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest was not clearly meritorious, and reimbursement of protest costs following agency corrective action therefore is not warranted, where additional record development and substantial further analysis would have been required to resolve protest General Counsel PC Highlight: InfraMap

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Iron Vine Security, LLC — Costs, B-403578.3, April 15, 2011

  • May 11, 2011
  • Clearly Meritorious ProtestCorrective ActionReimbursement of Protest Costs

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: United States Agency for International Development Disposition: Request denied. Keywords: Corrective Action; Protest Costs; Clearly Meritorious Protest General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO may recommend reimbursement of protest costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, if GAO determines that the agency unduly delayed taking corrective action in the face of a clearly meritorious protest. A protest is clearly meritorious

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Triple Canopy, Inc.–Costs, B-310566.9; B-400437.4, March 25, 2009

  • March 25, 2009
  • Clearly Meritorious ProtestReimbursement of Protest Costs

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Request denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Decision: Where agency took corrective action following submission of an agency report responding to the protests, request that Government Accountability Office recommend reimbursement of protest costs is denied where protest grounds, though potentially meritorious, were not clearly meritorious–that is, the protest allegations

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Intercontinental Construction Contracting, Inc.–Costs, B-400729.3, March 4, 2009

  • March 4, 2009
  • Clearly Meritorious ProtestReimbursement of Protest Costs

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Request denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Decision: Request that the Government Accountability Office recommend reimbursement of protest costs is denied where the initial protest grounds were not clearly meritorious and the agency did not unduly delay taking corrective action after the protester later raised specific challenges based on

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