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You wanted Professional, I got your professional!

  • August 17, 2022
  • Cost EvaluationEvaluation CriteriaPrice Evaluation
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Matter of Sabre Systems, Inc. Decided: June 1, 2022 Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Evaluation Criteria, Price Evaluation, Cost Evaluation   Protest Insight This case offers guidance on GAO’s interpretation of FAR 52.222-46 and who is considered a “professional employee.” At issue here was the proper interpretation of the provision defining

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Matter of Addison Construction Company

  • August 14, 2019
  • Buy American ActCost EvaluationLowest Price Technically Acceptable
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Agency: Department of Energy Disposition: Protest Sustained  Decided: September 4, 2018 Keywords:  Buy American Act General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Omitting certain information that does not impact price or an enable the bidder to change the bid price does not render a bid “nonresponsive” for bid submission purposes.   Summary of Facts  A small business set aside solicitation

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Matter of: ORBIS Sibro, Inc.

  • March 15, 2018
  • Cost EvaluationCost Realism
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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

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Science Applications International Corporation, Inc., B-408270; B-408270.2, August 5, 2013

  • August 21, 2013
  • Cost EvaluationCost Realism
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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

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Nuclear Production Partners LLC; Integrated Nuclear Production Solutions LLC, B-407948, et al., April 29, 2013

  • May 17, 2013
  • Cost Evaluation
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Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Energy Disposition:  Protest sustained. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO sustained protests of a $22.8 billion solicitation issued by the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, to perform services associated with maintaining the nation’s nuclear weapons. A contract award was made to Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC (CNS) of Reston, VA.

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Palmetto GBA, LLC; CGS Administrators, LLC, B-407668, -.2, -.3, -.4, January 18, 2013

  • February 20, 2013
  • Best ValueCost EvaluationPast PerformanceTechnical Evaluation

Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Health and Human Services Disposition:  Protests denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protests of Palmetto GBA, LLC, and CGS Administrators, LLC, based on the award of a contract to Noridian Administrative Services, LLC, under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers

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Noridian Administrative Services, LLC, B-401068.13, January 16, 2013

  • January 23, 2013
  • Cost EvaluationCost Realism
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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

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Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, B-406057, B-406057.2, B-406057.3, B-406057.4, February 1, 2012

  • February 29, 2012
  • Cost EvaluationTechnical Acceptability

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency reasonably calculated its government should cost estimate used in the economic analysis required by 10 U.S.C. § 2688 (2009) to determine whether the privatization of an electric utility system would reduce the long-term cost to

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ITT Systems Corporation, B-405865, B-405865.2, January 6, 2012

  • February 22, 2012
  • Best ValueCost EvaluationDocumentation of EvaluationTechnical Evaluation

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: ITT Systems Corporation Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Sustained. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency misevaluated proposals for a cost reimbursement contract is sustained where the record shows that there was no logical connection between the agency’s technical evaluation conclusions and its most probable cost evaluation conclusions, and there

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Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., B-405993; B-405993.2, January 19, 2012

  • February 15, 2012
  • Cost EvaluationDCAA AuditDiscussions

Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:     Department of the Navy Disposition:  Protest denied. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  GAO Digest:   1. Protest challenging agency’s cost realism evaluation of awardee’s proposal is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency’s conclusions were reasonable. 2. Protest that awardee’s cost proposal failed to comply with a material solicitation requirement (a mandated allocation of labor

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