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You wanted Professional, I got your professional!

  • August 17, 2022
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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: PAE National Security Solutions, LLC

  • July 22, 2021
  • Attorney's FeesBest ValueBid and Proposal CostsEvaluation CriteriaEvaluationsExperience RequirementKey PersonnelRemediesResumesTask OrdersTechnical EvaluationUnequal Treatment of OfferorsUnstated Evaluation Criteria
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Matter of: PAE National Security Solutions, LLC  Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: May 19, 2021 Keywords: Attorney’s Fees, Best Value, Bid and Proposal Costs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluations, Experience Requirement, Key Personnel, Remedies, Resumes, Task Orders, Technical Evaluation, Unequal Treatment of Offerors, Unstated Evaluation Criteria General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Protest sustained where the

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Matter of: Transworld Systems, Inc; Account Control Technology, Inc.

  • February 21, 2018
  • Evaluation CriteriaTechnical Evaluation
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Matter of: Transworld Systems, Inc; Account Control Technology, Inc. Agency: Department of the Treasury Disposition:Protest Sustained as to Transworld Systems, Inc. Keywords: Evaluation Criteria; Technical Evaluation Decided:December 22, 2017 Published: February 21, 2018 General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  Not all protest grounds are discoverable prior to filing a protest. An agency’s inconsistent evaluation of factors results in a protest

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Matter of: Fluor Federal Solutions, LLC

  • November 30, 2017
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Matter of: Fluor Federal Solutions, LLC Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords:  Evaluation Criteria; Proposal Evaluation; Source Selection Decision Decided: January 18, 2017 Released: November 20, 2017 General Counsel P.C. Highlight:   Proposal evaluation and source selection decisions must be consistent between offerors.  When the record shows disparate evaluation and the protester is

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Matter of: AT&T Corporation

  • November 20, 2017
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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

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In the Matter of L3 Unidyne, Inc.

  • November 3, 2017
  • Evaluation CriteriaProposal Evaluation
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Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: October 16, 2017 Keywords: Evaluation Criteria, Proposal Evaluation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Agencies are bound not only by the terms and conditions outlined in the RFP, but also federal law.  Additionally, an agency’s failure to document the rationale for decisions may result in protests being sustained.

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Matter of Verdi Consulting, Inc.

  • May 25, 2017
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Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: April 26, 2017 General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  Agencies must evaluate proposals consistent with stated evaluation criteria. Agencies must document their evaluations sufficiently, such that a reviewing body understands the process utilized to come to a decision.  A failure to adequately document agency determinations

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XPO Logistics Worldwide Government Services, LLC

  • April 19, 2017
  • Evaluation CriteriaTimeliness of Protest
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Agency: Department of Defense, United States Transportation Command Disposition: Protest Sustained in Part and Dismissed in Part Keywords:  Timeliness of Protest; Evaluation Criteria General Counsel P.C. Highlight: (1) Objections to RFP structure, which may allow offerors to propose unbalanced pricing, must be objected to before the time set for receipt of initial proposals. Subsequent objections

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Alpha-Omega Change Engineering, Inc., B-406730, August 17, 2012

  • June 20, 2013
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Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Air Force Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Alpha-Omega Change Engineering, Inc. (AOCE), based on the rejection of its proposal and the award of contracts to Intecon, LLC and S4, Inc. under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of

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Exelis Systems Corporation, B-407111, B-407111.2, B-407111.3, B-407111.4, November 13, 2012

  • January 9, 2013
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Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Exelis Systems Corporation Agency: Department of State Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest:  Protest challenging the evaluation of offerors’ proposed staffing is sustained where the agency did not reasonably evaluate the offerors’ proposals in accordance with solicitation’s staffing plan subfactor. Protest challenging the agency’s assignment of weaknesses to the protester’s proposal

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