Matter of International Business Machines Corporation Decided: August 18, 2023 Agency: Department of the Treasury, IRS Disposition: Protest Denied Keywords: Proposal Evaluation; Technical Evaluation Protest Insight This matter showcases the deference GAO gives to agencies. Here, GAO made clear that the evaluation of quotations “is primarily a matter within the contracting agency’s discretion, because the
Matter of Greystones Consulting Group, Inc. Decided: July 18, 2023 Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Denied Keywords: Technical Evaluation Protest Insight This case highlights the importance of an offeror submitting a thorough, well-written proposal that clearly demonstrates compliance with the solicitation requirements. As GAO made clear here, it’s an offeror’s responsibility to
Matter of Tech Marine Business, Inc. Decided: October 14, 2022 Agency: Department of Justice, FBI Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Technical Evaluation; Source Selection Decision; Best Value Protest Insight This case showcases GAO’s analysis of challenges that an agency failed to properly award a strength or weakness to a proposal. Here, GAO emphasized the importance
Matter of WHR Group, Inc. Decided: August 30, 2022 Agency: Department of Justice, FBI Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Technical Evaluation; Source Selection Decision; Best Value Protest Insight This case highlights the fact that, often, filing a bid protest is the only way to uncover the improper basis for an award when an Agency does
Matter of Apprio, Inc. Decided: June 30, 2022 Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Cost Realism; Documentation of Evaluation; Technical Evaluation Protest Insight Generally, cost realism and assessment of unreasonable weakness challenges are rarely successful protest grounds. However, this matter shows that is not an absolute rule. The largest issue for
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
Matter of: Verizon Business Network Services, Inc. Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: April 26, 2021 Keywords: Timeliness of Protest, Task Order, Discussions, Technical Evaluation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Protest dismissed where the protester filed a second protest, after the agency took corrective action, with alleging a new basis for protest that
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
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Silverback7, Inc., based on the issuance of a task order to Pluribus International Corporation, by the Department of the Army, Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) under a request for task order proposals (RFTOP) for non-personal
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Teknion LLC, based on the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Kimball International, Inc., under a request for quotations (RFQ), issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) to supply benching style workstations for FBI