Matter of Apprio, Inc. Decided: June 30, 2022 Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Cost Realism; Documentation of Evaluation; Technical Evaluation Protest Insight Generally, cost realism and assessment of unreasonable weakness challenges are rarely successful protest grounds. However, this matter shows that is not an absolute rule. The largest issue for
Matter of AECOM Management Services, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: May 15, 2020 Keywords: Cost Realism; Proposal Detail General Counsel P.C. Highlight: When an agency evaluates a proposal for the award of a cost-reimbursable contract or task order, the offeror’s proposed costs are not dispositive and the agency must perform
Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: May 28, 2019 Keywords: Cost Realism, Prejudice, GAO Standard of Review General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A protestor cannot succeed unless it can show that “but for the agency’s actions, it would have had a substantial chance of receiving the award.” A protest will be sustained
In the Matter of: Scope Infotech, Inc. Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Disposition: Protest Sustained in Part, Denied in Part Keywords: FSS contract, Cost Realism Decided: March 22, 2018 Published: March 27, 2018 General Counsel P.C. Highlight: When purchasing items off the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), items included in
Matter of: ORBIS Sibro, Inc. Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Sustained in Part, Denied in Part Keywords: Cost Realism, Cost Evaluation Decided: February 26, 2018 Published: March 15, 2018 General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A cost realism analysis may properly include adjusting labor rates to make them consistent with proposed labor categories. It may not, however, adjust
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of George G. Sharp, Inc. (Sharp) based on the award of a contract to Global, A 1st Flagship Company (Global), by the Department of the Navy, under a request for proposals (RFP), for inactive ship maintenance and
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Science Applications International Corporation, Inc. (SAIC) regarding the issuance of a task order to SRA International, Inc., under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command, for information
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of ABSG Consulting, Inc. (ABSG), a small business, regarding the award of a contract to Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. (BAH), by the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, under a request for proposals (RFP)
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denies the protest of Wyle Laboratories, Inc., based on the issuance of a task order to Imagine One Technology & Management, Ltd., under a task order request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Air
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS), based on the award of a contract to National Government Services, Inc. (NGS), under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of Health and Human