Matter of AttainX, Inc. Decided: January 23, 2023 Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Joint Venture; Experience Requirement; Small Business Set-Asides Protest Insight This case offers clarity on requirements related to an agency’s assessment of experience when analyzing proposals from joint ventures. Here, GAO concluded that the agency’s evaluation of a solicitation’s
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
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Landscapes Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is denied where protester’s proposal was reasonably evaluated as unacceptable under experience evaluation factor. General Counsel PC Highlight: Landscapes Inc. protested the award to Davis Contracting of a contract for various maintenance services at facilities in Big
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Remote Broadcast Services Agency: Department of Agriculture Disposition: Protest Denied. ________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of the protester’s quotation and award determination is denied where the record demonstrates that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation’s evaluation criteria and the protester’s challenges to the independent government estimate
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Denied. ______________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest of agency’s evaluation of protester’s key personnel is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably found that some of the protester’s key personnel failed to satisfy minimum requirements identified in the solicitation. General Counsel PC
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Experience Requirement General Counsel P.C. Highlight: When a protester challenges an RFP specification as unduly restrictive, the procuring agency has the responsibility of establishing that the specification is reasonably necessary to meet its needs. GAO will examine the adequacy of the agency’s justification
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Experience Requirements General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An offeror that fails to meet the stated experience requirements is not acceptable for award. ————————————————————————————————————————— Jungang Automotive Company (Jungang) protests the rejection of its proposal under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of the
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veteran Affairs Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Experience Requirements General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Generally, the experience of a technically qualified subcontractor may be used to satisfy definitive responsibility criteria relating to experience for a prospective prime contractor. An exception to the rule exists, however, where the solicitation provides that only the
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Naval Facilities Engineering Command Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: In design-build acquisition for construction of new, complete multi-story military housing facility, agency reasonably excluded protester’s proposal from further consideration based on its finding that firm’s experience was limited to renovation, and that it had no experience building such facilities. General