Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Global Technology Systems, Inc. (GTS) regarding its exclusion from the competitive range under a request for proposals (RFP) for high capacity batteries, issued by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), a component of
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of KAES Enterprises, LLC based on its exclusion from the competitive range, under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for generator maintenance services. The RFP
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Protests denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protests of IP Network Solutions, Inc., Emagine IT, Inc., and EnterpriseTech Joint Venture, LLC, regarding the award of four indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contracts to High Action, LLC, Soft Tech Consulting, Inc., Unitech Consulting, LLC d/b/a/ Chameleon Integrated Services,
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Assist Consultants Inc., regarding the evaluation of its proposal submitted in response to a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Army for supply and delivery of petroleum fuel products to Afghan
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of International Composites Technologies, Inc. (ICT), based on the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of the Air Force for ballistic armor systems
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest denied General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Nas/Corp-Telmah, Inc. (NCTI), regarding the award of a contract to Metro Medical Equipment & Supply, Inc. (Metro Medical), by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under a request for proposals (RFP), for a surgical ophthalmic
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Intelligence Agency Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Enterprise Information Services, Inc. (EIS), regarding the issuance of a task order to Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), under a task order request (TOR), which was issued for intelligence analysis support
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of BCPeabody Construction Services, Inc. based on the award of a contract to Edens Construction Company, by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, under a request for proposals (RFP) for dike rehabilitation construction services.
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of LC Engineers, Inc. based on the award of a contract to General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. (GDIT), under a request for proposals (RFP) , issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of LS3 Technologies Inc. based on the award of a task order to Electrosoft Services, Inc. under a request for quotations (RFQ), issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for an Enterprise physical access control
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Visual Connections, LLC based on the rejection of its quotation as unacceptable by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under a request for quotations (RFQ) for section 508 compliance services, including administrative support, compliance monitoring,
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Telecommunications Support Services, Inc. Agency: Maryland Procurement Office Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency reasonably determined that protester’s proposal was unacceptable where the protester failed to submit an adequately written technical proposal in accordance with the solicitation’s instructions. General Counsel PC Highlight: Telecommunications Support Services, Inc. (TSS) protested the award
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Vectronix, Inc. based on the award of a contract to Argon ST under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Air Force to develop a Line of Sight-Short (LOS-S) device.
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Lamar Strong Associates, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the protester’s proposal was unacceptable and ineligible for award because it did not demonstrate that an individual proposed for a key personnel position had the experience required
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Insignia–Spectrum, LLC Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency reasonably evaluated the protester’s proposal as technically unacceptable under a solicitation providing for awards to the offerors submitting the technically acceptable, best value proposals based upon the consideration of past performance and price, where the protester’s
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. Agency: United States Marine Corps Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: An agency properly rejected the protester’s proposal where the agency reasonably found that the proposal did not satisfy a material solicitation requirement. General Counsel PC: General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. protested the award to iGov
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: All Phase Services, Inc. Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protester’s proposal was reasonably excluded from the competitive range where the agency found that the proposal was technically unacceptable and would require major revisions to be made acceptable. General Counsel PC: All Phase Services, Inc. protested its
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: SOURCECORP BPS, Inc. Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Challenge to the elimination of the protester’s quotation from the competition is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the quotation was technically unacceptable. General Counsel PC Highlight: SOURCECORP BPS, Inc. protested the elimination of its quotation
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Argus & Black, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that awardee’s quotation failed to provide a fixed price for a particular contract line item (CLIN) is denied where the CLIN provided for the reimbursement of a vendor’s travel costs up to a not-to-exceed amount,
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: ASPEC Engineering Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest of rejection of proposal as technically unacceptable is denied where record shows the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. General Counsel PC: ASPEC Engineering protested the award to Sociedade de Empreitada
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: URS Federal Technical Services, Inc. Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest of agency’s past experience and technical approach evaluations and source selection decision is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably evaluated quotations consistent with the solicitation’s evaluation criteria. General Counsel PC Highlight: URS
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Wegco, Inc. Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly determined protester’s proposal to be technically unacceptable is denied where the proposal failed to comply with the solicitation’s requirements relating to proof of licenses for key personnel. General Counsel PC Highlight: Wegco, Inc. protested the
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
Link:GAO Decision Protestor: Walsh–Atkinson, Joint Venture Agency: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Where protester’s proposal for construction of a tunnel system reserved right to build a construction shaft not contemplated by solicitation, and not consistent with requirements for optional construction shaft specifically authorized by the
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Where record shows that contracting agency reasonably determined small business protester’s proposal technically unacceptable on the basis of factors not related to responsibility, referral to Small Business Administration for Certificate of Competency review was not required, even though agency also found
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: TAG Mississippi Enterprises, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of protester’s proposal is denied where evaluation was reasonable and consistent with terms of the solicitation. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: TAG Mississippi Enterprises, LLC protested the award to Terra Construction, Inc. of
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Sourcelinq, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. Request for Recommendation for Protest Costs Denied. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is denied where agency reasonably determined that descriptive literature for equal product submitted by protester in response to brand name or equal solicitation failed to demonstrate compliance with specified salient
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Harris IT Services Corporation Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that contracting agency’s evaluation of protester’s technical and past performance information was unreasonable and inadequately documented is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and sufficiently supported. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Harris IT
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest that awardee’s proposal was technically unacceptable under solicitation’s relevant experience factor is denied where record reflects that portion of awardee’s proposal relating to solicitation’s past performance factor contained, and agency reasonably considered, information demonstrating technical acceptability under relevant experience
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protests denied. Keywords: Technical Acceptability General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A quotation that fails to conform to a material solicitation requirement is technically unacceptable and cannot form the basis for award. —————————————————————————————————————————– JRS Management protests the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) determination that the firm’s quotation in response to
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Technical Acceptability General Counsel P.C. Highlight: No matter how competent an offeror may be, the technical evaluation must be based on information included in the firm’s quotation. —————————————————————————————————————————– ALOPS protests the award of a contract under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Technically Acceptability General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An agency may accept a quotation’s representations regarding compliance with a solicitation requirement where there is no significant countervailing evidence reasonably known to agency evaluators that should create doubt that the vendor will or can comply with the
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Price Calculation Error General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An offeror has the responsibility to submit a well-written proposal, with adequately detailed information which clearly demonstrates compliance with the solicitation requirements and allows a meaningful review by the procuring agency. The offeror must affirmatively demonstrate
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Unacceptable technical approach General Counsel P.C. Highlight: It is the offeror’s responsibility to submit an adequately written proposal for the agency to evaluate. Hardiman Remediation Services, Inc. (Hardiman) protests the elimination of its proposal as unacceptable under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Proposal Requirements General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An offeror has the obligation to affirmatively demonstrate that its proposal will meet the government’s needs, and has a duty to establish that what it is proposing will meet the solicitation requirements where required to do so. —————————————————————————————————————————– Douglass