Matter of: AT&T Corporation Agency: Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Evaluation Criteria; Documentation of Evaluation Decided: October 5, 2017 General Counsel P.C. Highlight: It is essential that evaluation and source selection decisions are adequately documented. Where the agency engages in discussions, they must be fair and equitable to all parties
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denies the protest of Crown Agents USA, Inc., regarding the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to obtain
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: NikSoft Systems Corporation Agency: Department of the Treasury Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency reasonably concluded that protester’s responses to agency’s discussions questions introduced risk regarding the level of resources that protester was committing to perform the fixed-price portion of the solicitation requirements. Agency reasonably evaluated protester’s past performance as
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: NikSoft Systems Corporation Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: In a procurement conducted under Federal Supply Schedule procedures, where a statement of work is included, protest that an agency improperly made upward adjustments to the protester’s level of effort as part of its analysis to establish a
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Phillips Healthcare Informatics Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Final proposal revision is late where it was received by the agency after the time set for submission. Protest that agency’s evaluation of past performance was unreasonable is sustained where the record does not contain any evidence
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Clark/Foulger-Pratt JV Agency: Department of State Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: In a negotiated procurement which provided for award on a best value basis, a source selection official’s (SSA) selection of a lower-priced proposal over a higher rated proposal on the basis that the two offers are essentially technically equal
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest asserting that the agency failed to reasonably evaluate the protester’s technical proposal is denied where the record shows the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. General
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Guident Technologies, Inc. Agency: Defense Information Systems Agency Disposition: Protest Denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that awardee had an unmitigated impaired objectivity organizational conflict of interest was timely filed after the agency selected the awardee for award, notwithstanding the fact that the protester knew, prior to award, that the awardee was
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: SGT, Inc. Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency misevaluated awardee’s proposal is denied where record shows that agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation’s evaluation scheme. Protest that agency disparately evaluated awardee’s and protester’s proposals is denied where record shows
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
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protests denied. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest that the agency failed to consider both the variety and quantity of amenities offered under the access to amenities subfactor in a lease procurement is denied, where the variety and quantity of amenities was reasonably considered in the agency’s evaluation
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of State Disposition: Protest sustained Keywords: Documentation of Evaluation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Where an agency fails to provide documentation of its evaluation, it bears the risk that there may not be adequately supporting rationale in the record for GAO to conclude the agency had a reasonable basis for its evaluation and selection decision. —————————————————————————————————————————–
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Agency Tender Official’s protest sustained in part and denied in part; Designated Employee’s protest denied. Keywords: Evaluation record General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An agency that fails to adequately document its evaluation of proposals in writing bears the risk that its determinations will be considered unsupported, and
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest sustained. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency evaluation of quotations received in response to solicitation for establishment of a blanket purchase agreement is sustained where record fails to demonstrate that the evaluation was reasonable. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: AINS generally challenges the evaluation of both its
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Agency reasonably evaluated protester’s proposal as containing various weaknesses and deficiencies, including rating the proposal as “Unacceptable” with regard to protester’s proposed management plan, where record shows that protester’s proposal failed to comply with solicitation requirements and the protester’s complaints
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Social Security Administration Disposition: Protests denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency misevaluated quotations in response to solicitation for computer workstations is denied where record shows that agency’s evaluation was in accordance with terms of solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Dell asserts that the agency did