Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Security Management and Integration, Inc. (SMI), based on the rejection of its proposal under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Air Force for mess attendant services. The RFP was
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Tennier Industries, Inc. Agency: Defense Logistics Agency; Small Business Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that Department of Defense agency improperly permitted Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI) to participate in an Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small business set-aside procurement for supplies on the FPI Schedule, is denied where
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: NSR Solutions, Inc. Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest objecting to exclusion of proposal from competitive range is denied where agency reasonably determined that proposal failed to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of, and sound approach to meeting, solicitation requirements, and thus was unacceptable. General
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest sustained in part, denied in part. Keywords: HUBZone Price Preference General Counsel P.C. Highlight: In a procurement not set aside for HUBZone companies, that procuring agency shall give offers from HUBZone small business concerns a price evaluation preference by adding a factor of 10 percent to
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Commissary Agency Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: HUBZone Program Priority General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Under the law in effect at the time, the SBA’s HUBZone program had priority over all other programs (including 8(a) program and SDVO Program) for purposes of deciding whether a procurement should be set-aside. That law has been
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: HUBZone Priority General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Despite the Department of Justice’s recommendation to the contrary, GAO finds that the HUBZone Small Business Program has priority over all other SBA programs such as the 8(a) program or the SDVO program. A procurement may not
Link: U.S. Court of Federal Claims Opinion Agency: U.S. Army Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: HUBZone Set-Aside General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Court rules that the Contracting Officer must first decide whether an award can be made under the HUBZone program before making award of the contract under either the 8(a) program or the SDVO program. —————————————————————————————————————————–
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Energy Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that solicitation for facilities support services should have been set aside for historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone) businesses is denied, where agency reasonably determined from market research, past procurement history, consultation with a contracting officer at a similar site, and consultation
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Small Business Administration Disposition: Request denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Request for reconsideration from the Small Business Administration (SBA), arguing that our Office exceeded its statutory grant of authority to decide bid protests when we concluded in Mission Critical Solutions, B-401057, May 4, 2009, 2009 CPD ¶ 93, that set-asides under
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest sustained. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is sustained where contracting agency did not consider whether two or more qualified Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses could be expected to submit offers and whether award could be made at a fair market price, as required by
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest dismissed. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly failed to consider protester for award of a small business contract is dismissed where the solicitation anticipated awards in multiple small business subcategories, and additional awards for up to three remaining small businesses, and where the protester
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Procuring agency had a reasonable basis to cancel request for proposals for the design and construction of a Rescue Swimmer Training Facility where the solicitation no longer accurately reflects the agency’s requirements and substantial changes to the scope of the project