Matter of Immersion Consulting, LLC Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: May 18, 2018 Released: June 19, 2018 Keywords: Proposal Evaluation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An agency evaluation must hold the offerors to the solicitation’s stated requirements. When evaluating proposals, sweeping language providing assurances of compliance with the solicitation requirements is insufficient. Where language from
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
Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: September 13, 2017 Keywords: Evaluations, Proposal Evaluation, Solicitation Requirements, Terms of the Solicitation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Compliance with all terms of the solicitation is absolutely critical to a successful proposal. Failure to address the terms of the solicitation requirements may result in a technically
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.
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest sustained. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO sustained the protest of Sayres & Associates Corporation, regarding the issuance of a task order to Client Solutions Architects LLC (CSA), by the Department of the Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), under a task order request
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc., regarding the issuance of a task order to Aviation & Missile Solutions, LLC (AMS), under a task order request for quotations (TORFQ) issued by the Department of the Army,
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Total Solutions, Inc., based on the issuance of a task order to PeopleTec, Inc., by the Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency (MDA), under a request for task order proposals (RTOP) for executive administrative and
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 Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Information Ventures, Inc., regarding the award of a contract to AlphaTRAC Inc., under a request for quotations (RFQ), issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes for Health, National
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Inc., regarding the issuance of a task order to L-3 Services, Inc., under a task order request (TOR) issued by the General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Systems Integration and Management Center, to
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Quest Diagnostics, Inc., based on the award of a contract to Laboratory Corporation of America, Inc. (LabCorp), under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Army for laboratory testing services. The
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of State Disposition: Protest sustained in part, denied in part. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO sustained in part and denied in part the protest of Exelis Systems Corporation, based on the award of a contract to PAE Government Services, Inc., under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of NCI Information Systems, Inc., regarding the issuance of a task order to IntelliDyne, LLC, by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for information technology services supporting the agency’s Antitrust Division. DOJ issued a solicitation to contractors under
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest sustained. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO sustained the protest of IBM Corporation, U.S. Federal, based on the award of a contract to HP Enterprise Services, LLC under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for a real time location
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Koontz Electric Company, Inc., regarding the award of a contract to ABB, Inc., under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for replacement of excitation systems at
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protests denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Nan, Inc. regarding the award of three multiple-award contracts to P&S Construction, Inc., under a request for proposals (RFP), which was issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command for design-build construction
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest sustained. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO sustained the protest of BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Inc., regarding the award of a contract to L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace, LLC, under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Interior Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Environment International Ltd. (EI), regarding the award of a task order to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), by the National Parks Service (NPS), Department of the Interior under a request for quotations (RFQ) for environmental
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Mil-Mar Century Corporation regarding the award of a contract to The Entwistle Company, by the Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command Warren, under a request for proposals (RFP), to provide “Load Handling System Compatible
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Energy Engineering & Consulting Services, LLC Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester’s proposal as unacceptable is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably found that the protester did not address a material requirement of the solicitation. General Counsel PC Highlight: Energy Engineering
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Wilson 5 Service Company, Inc. Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency misevaluated protester’s proposal under technical/inspection factor is denied where record shows that the agency’s evaluation was consistent with the terms of the solicitation. General Counsel PC Highlight: Wilson 5 Service Company, Inc. protested the award to Urban
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: M7 Aerospace Agency: Department of State Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency unreasonably determined that proposal for aviation support services failed to comply with solicitation requirement to maintain 85% stock effectiveness rate is denied where agency reasonably read proposal as planning to replenish stock of spare parts on
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: KinetX Aerospace, Inc. Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging an agency’s evaluation of technical and cost proposals and selection decision is denied where the record shows that the agency’s evaluation and selection decision were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. General
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Science Applications International Corporation Agency: Defense Information Systems Agency Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of awardee’s technical risk is denied where the record shows that the agency performed a reasonable evaluation of risk in accordance with the solicitation’s evaluation criteria. Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of awardee’s
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: CWTSatoTravel Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency unreasonably and unequally evaluated proposals is denied where record reflects that evaluation was reasonable and consistent with solicitation’s evaluation criteria and that differences in offerors’ evaluation findings did not result from unequal treatment. Protest that discussions were
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: CLS Worldwide Support Services, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of proposals is denied where the evaluation was reasonably based, consistent with the solicitation criteria, and treated the offerors equally. Protest challenging the source selection authority’s (SSA) conclusion that the advantages in the awardee’s non-cost/price
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: NaphCare, Inc. Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging an agency’s evaluation and selection decision is denied where the record demonstrates that the evaluation and source selection decision were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation’s evaluation criteria. General Counsel PC Highlight: NaphCare, Inc. protested the award
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: XtremeConcepts Systems Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is denied where protester’s proposal was evaluated as inferior to awardee’s under every evaluation factor and subfactor and protester fails to show that the evaluation or agency actions were unreasonable or improper. General Counsel PC Highlight: XtremeConcepts
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: J.R. Conkey & Associates, Inc. dba Solar Power Integrators Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is sustained where the record shows the evaluation of protester’s proposal was unreasonable and, in making the award decision, the agency conducted a tradeoff only between the three proposals with
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Kevcon, Inc. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly evaluated proposals is denied where the record shows the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable procurement statutes and regulations. General Counsel PC Highlight: Kevcon, Inc. protested
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Earth Resources Technology, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester’s proposal is denied where the evaluation was consistent with the terms of the solicitation and reasonably based. Agency reasonably assigned protester unknown confidence for past performance where it
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Sigmatech, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of the protester’s proposal and award determination is denied where the record demonstrates that the evaluation and source selection decision were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation’s evaluation criteria. General Counsel PC Highlight: Sigmatech,
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Qwest Government Services, Inc. Agency: Department of the Interior Disposition: Protest Denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency’s assessment of risk in the protester’s price proposal was reasonable where the protester based its price on assumptions that were not stated in the solicitation. Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester’s technical proposal is
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corporation Agency: Office of TRICARE Management Disposition: Protests Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency misevaluated proposals and made an unreasonable source selection decision is denied where record shows that agency’s evaluation and source selection were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable procurement
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Intelligent Investments, Inc. Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protester’s challenge to awardee’s compliance with locality set-aside provision of solicitation is denied where contracting officer had substantial information that awardee complied with provision. Agency properly found that awardee was a sole proprietorship eligible to receive award.