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 the task
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 costs to
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
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Noridian Administrative Services, LLC (NAS), regarding the award of a contract to National Government Services, Inc., under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: American Technical Services, Inc. Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that the agency performed an unreasonable cost realism analysis is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably relied on indirect cost rate data that was provided by the protester specifically for cost analysis purposes. Protest that the
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Science Applications International Corporation Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency performed an unreasonable cost realism analysis is denied where agency reasonably concluded that the awardee could hire qualified personnel at its proposed labor rates. Protest that agency unreasonably assigned protester an acceptable technical
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: L-3 Services, Inc. Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest challenging agency’s cost realism evaluation of protester’s proposal is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency’s conclusions were reasonable. 2. Protest that contracting agency improperly evaluated offerors’ technical and cost proposals
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: KPMG LLP Agency: Central Intelligence Agency Disposition: Protest Sustained. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency conducted misleading discussions where it advised protester during discussions that it should provide resumes for all proposed personnel for the lifespan of the contract, but now asserts that the RFP did not require such submission of resumes. Agency
Link: GAO Decision Protestor:Paladin Data Systems Corporation Agency: Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command Disposition: Protest Denied. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest of issuance of a task order to a lower-cost, lower-rated firm was reasonable and consistent with evaluation scheme in which cost/price was the least important evaluation factor, where the agency reasonably determined
Link: GAO Decision Protestors: Energy Enterprise Solutions, LLC, Digital Management, Inc. Agency: Department of Energy Disposition: Protests Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protests challenging agency’s cost realism evaluation are denied where record shows that agency performed a reasonable and adequate evaluation of cost proposals General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Energy Enterprise Solutions, LLC (EES) and Digital Management,
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, LLC Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest challenging agency’s cost realism evaluation of protester’s proposal is denied where the record demonstrates that agency’s conclusions were reasonable. 2. Protest that contracting agency improperly evaluated offerors’ technical proposals is denied where
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Data and Analytic Solutions, Inc. Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: In a negotiated procurement for the award of a cost reimbursement contract where offerors were provided a range of estimated monthly workloads and where offerors based their cost proposals upon differing workload assumptions,
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Inchcape Shipping Services Holding, Ltd. Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency was not required to provide for the submission of revised proposals due to the fact that approximately one year had elapsed between the submission of proposals and contract award. Protest that awardee’s prices were
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corp. Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s cost realism evaluation is sustained where the agency concedes an error in accepting awardee’s proposed labor rates for its existing staff based on market
Link: GAO Decision Protestors: TriCenturion, Inc.; SafeGuard Services, LLC Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Disposition: Protest Sustained in part, Denied in part. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Challenge to the cost realism evaluation of the awardee’s proposed labor costs is sustained where the record does not demonstrate that
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest denied. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest that the award was tainted by organizational conflicts of interest is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably concluded that the potential areas of concern either did not constitute significant conflicts that warranted disqualification of
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Cost Realism General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Cost realism analysis is the process of independently reviewing and evaluating specific elements of each offeror’s proposed cost estimate to determine whether the estimated proposed cost elements are realistic for the work to be performed; reflect a clear
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Cost Realism Analysis General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO will review an agency’s cost realism analysis for reasonableness. Marine Hydraulics International, Inc. (MH) protests the award of a contract under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Navy, for executing, planning,
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Cost Realism Analysis General Counsel P.C. Highlight: When an agency evaluates proposals for the award of a cost-reimbursement contract, an offeror’s proposed estimated cost of contract performance is not considered controlling since, regardless of the costs proposed by the offeror, the government is bound
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protests denied. Keywords: Meaningful discussions; Cost realism analysis General Counsel P.C. Highlight: In order for an agency to have conducted meaningful discussions, it must lead the offerors into the areas of their proposals that reflect deficiencies or weaknesses. —————————————————————————————————————————– The Department of Health and Human
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest sustained. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging a public-private competition between an agency tender and a private sector proposal is sustained where: (1) the agency unreasonably accepted the private-sector offeror’s revised fringe benefit ratios in its cost realism analysis; (2) the record provides no reasonable basis
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest challenging agency’s cost realism analysis is denied where the agency reasonably adjusted the protester’s proposed costs to account for its failure to propose the correct number of labor hours, as required by the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging agency’s technical
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest sustained. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s cost realism evaluation is sustained where the agency concedes an error in accepting awardee’s proposed labor rates for its existing staff based on market surveys, rather than the actual labor rates for its staff, and where
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Threat Reduction Agency Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that the agency improperly determined that the protester’s cost proposal lacked realism is denied where the record shows that the protester was not prejudiced by the agency’s determination, because the agency in fact considered the protester’s proposal for award and
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition: Protest sustained in part, denied in part. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Post-closing time protest that awardee has an impermissible organizational conflict of interest (OCI) is untimely where (1) solicitation was issued on an unrestricted basis, (2) protester was aware of the underlying facts giving rise to
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging the agency’s cost realism evaluation of awardee’s proposal is denied where the agency’s workpapers demonstrate that the conclusions reached by the evaluators were reasonable. Protest challenging the evaluation of technical proposals is denied where the record establishes that the