Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: May 1, 2017 General Counsel P.C. Highlight: While the source selection advisory council’s (SSAC) report can assist the source selection authority (SSA), the SSA is not bound by the recommendation of the SSAC, provided the SSA’s decision is reasonable, consistent with evaluation criteria, and adequately
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of CEdge Software Consultants LLC regarding the award of a contract to Vista Technical Services, LLC (VTS), by the Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, IL, under a request for proposals (RFP), for information technology (IT) services.
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of PAE Government Services, Inc., based on the award of a contract to Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. (KBR), under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Navy for base operating
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Agriculture Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: meaningful discussions; debriefing; unfair competitive advantage General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Next Tier Concepts, Inc., based on the Department of Agriculture’s issuance of a delivery order to Emagine IT, Inc., under a request for quotations (RFQ), for support services for
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Metropolitan Interpreters and Translators, Inc. Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that discussions were unequal, misleading, and not meaningful is denied because the agency was not required to discuss areas of protester’s proposal that were not considered a significant weakness or deficiency and the discussions did
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Environmental Quality Management, Inc. Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Disposition: Protest Denied. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Digest: Protest that agency improperly provided awardees–but not protester–competitively useful information during ongoing acquisition is denied, where awardees were provided appropriate information during initial, pre-award debriefing (after their initial exclusion from the competitive range), and subsequently (after awardees’ readmission
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: QinetiQ North America, Inc. Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest based on an alleged violation of the Procurement Integrity Act is denied, where, consistent with Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements, the agency investigated the alleged disclosure of protester’s employees’ resumes to the awardee by a
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Independent Government Estimate (IGE); meaningful discussions General Counsel P.C. Highlight: When an agency reviews staffing needs it can look at the historical data to determine whether a proposed staffing plan is the best value to the government. —————————————————————————————————————————– GAO denies the protest of
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Blanket purchase agreement, Meaningful discussions General Counsel P.C. Highlight: When an agency engages in discussions with a vendor, the discussions must be “meaningful,” that is, sufficiently detailed to lead the vendor into the areas of its quotation requiring amplification or revision. —————————————————————————————————————————– In response
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Meaningful discussions General Counsel P.C. Highlight: In discussions, the Government does not have to give you specific details about your proposal deficiencies so long as they lead you to areas of your proposal that need attention or amplification. —————————————————————————————————————————– TMM Investments, the incumbent
Link: GAO Opinion Agencies: U.S. Army Material Command Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Meaningful discussion General Counsel, P.C. Highlight: Discussions, in the context of a FAR Part 15 Negotiated Procurement must be shown to be meaningful. That is, they may not be misleading and must identify potential deficiencies or weaknesses in the proposals that could be
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: United States Marine Corps Disposition: Protest sustained. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest that agency misevaluated awardee’s proposal is sustained where record shows that, while solicitation provided that agency would conduct extensive testing on submitted product samples, it failed to conduct testing on awardee’s product, as revised following discussions, and instead accepted
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest challenging the evaluation of technical proposals is denied where the record established that the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the evaluation criteria. 2. Protest that agency failed to hold meaningful discussions with the protester is denied where
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protests denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Decision: Protest asserting that agency improperly failed to reconcile disparity between awardee’s technical proposal staffing and staffing level used in the cost evaluation, with agency assuming lower staffing for awardee in cost evaluation than level proposed in awardee’s technical proposal, resulting
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