In the Matter of: Scope Infotech, Inc. Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Disposition:Protest Sustained in Part, Denied in Part Keywords: FSS contract, Cost Realism Decided:March 22, 2018 Published: March 27, 2018 General Counsel P.C. Highlight: When purchasing items off the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), items included in the task
Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: September 18, 2017 Keywords: FSS Contract, Simplified Acquisition Procedures General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Agencies may only purchase services identified and priced on a vendor’s schedule contract. Summary of Facts The Department of the Navy issued a request for quotations (RFQ) via the General Services Administration’s (GSA)
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: United States Coast Guard Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Phoenix Group of Virginia, Inc., regarding the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with the McHenry Management Group, under a request for quotations (RFQ), issued by the United States Coast Guard for marine engineering
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 Decision Protestor: Kingdomware Technologies Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Cancellation of request for quotations (RFQ) issued on a brand name or equal basis was proper where the RFQ failed to list any salient characteristics for use in evaluating equal products or identify a requirement that equal products
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Impact Resource Technologies Agency: United States Marine Corps Disposition: Protest Denied _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest of agency’s time extension for the receipt of quotations following a solicitation amendment is denied where the protester has not shown the extension to be unreasonable. General Counsel PC Highlight: Impact Resource Technologies (IR Tech) protested
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Hi-Tech Bed Systems Corporation Agency: Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency conducting competition among Federal Supply Schedule vendors should have rejected successful vendor’s quotation because, although the vendor’s revised quotation complied with solicitation requirements, the vendor’s initial quotation did not, is
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Cyberdata Technologies, Inc. Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protester’s argument that its technically acceptable quotation was excluded from the competition without consideration of price in a best value acquisition for the establishment of blanket purchase agreements (BPA) under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) is sustained where
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Asset Protection & Security Services, LP Agency: Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly rejected quotation in Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) acquisition conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 8.4 is denied where protester’s FSS contract did not include all
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Spectrum Security Services, Inc. Agency: Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly rejected quotation in Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) acquisition conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 8.4 is denied where protester’s FSS contract did not include all items and