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It Ain’t a Party if it Ain’t Interested

  • March 28, 2022
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Matter of AIS Engineering, Inc. Decided: January 19, 2022 Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Protest Dismissed Keywords: Unacceptable Rating, Interested Party   Protest Insight A protestor must challenge every subfactor the agency finds unacceptable, not merely those subfactors that a protest believes are most favorable.  This case highlights the importance of having counsel knowledgeable about

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Matter of Allosense, Inc.

  • February 7, 2022
  • Interested PartySmall Business Innovation Research (SBIR) ProgramTimeliness of Protest
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Matter of Allosense, Inc. Decided: December 27, 2021 Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Dismissed Keywords: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program; Timeliness of Protest; Interested Party   Protest Insight: This matter stresses the importance of being knowledgeable about the procedures involved in government contracts and ensuring bid protests comply with the Bid

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Matter of Bluewater Management Group, LLC

  • October 27, 2020
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Matter of Bluewater Management Group, LLC Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Dismissed Decided: September 2, 2020 Keywords: Interested Party General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  A protester is not an interested party where it would not be in line for contract award if its protest were to be sustained. Summary of Facts  Bluewater Management Group,

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Matter of VetsTec, LLC

  • December 1, 2019
  • Interested Party
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Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: November 7, 2019 Keywords: Interested Party General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  A protest will be denied where the protester is not an interested party to challenge the procurement. Summary of Facts  VetsTec, LLC protests the award of a contract to B3 Group, Inc., under RFP No. 36C10B19R0009,

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Matter of Bluehorse Corporation

  • August 26, 2017
  • Interested Party
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Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Dismissed Decided: August 11, 2017 Keywords: Interested Party General Counsel P.C. Highlight: In order to file or continue with a protest, the challenger must be an interested party, meaning, the protestor is an actual or prospective offeror whose “direct economic interest would be affected by the award

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Earth Resources Technology, Inc., B-406659, July 30, 2012

  • August 29, 2012
  • Interested PartyPast PerformanceProposal Evaluation

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Earth Resources Technology, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester’s proposal is denied where the evaluation was consistent with the terms of the solicitation and reasonably based. Agency reasonably assigned protester unknown confidence for past performance where it

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Technical Associates, Inc., B-406524, June 15, 2012

  • June 20, 2012
  • FSS ContractInterested Party

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Technical Associates, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied in Part, Dismissed in Part. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest Protest that an agency improperly restricted a procurement to Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) vendors is denied where agency reasonably determined that the solicited items could be procured through the FSS. Protester is

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ITT Electronic Systems, B-406405, B-406405.2, May 21, 2012

  • June 13, 2012
  • Interested PartyTechnical Evaluation

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: ITT Electronic Systems Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Unincorporated division of corporate parent that submitted proposal and filed protest is interested party to protest notwithstanding post-proposal-submission corporate restructuring whereby unincorporated division and assets committed to contract performance were transferred to new, stand-alone corporate entity. Protest

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NikSoft Systems Corp., B-406179, February 29, 2012

  • March 21, 2012
  • Best ValueInterested PartyOrganizational Conflict of Interest (OCI)Past Performance

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: NikSoft Systems Corp. Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest Sustained. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Digest: 1. Agency request that protest be dismissed on the basis that the protester is not an interested party due to an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) is denied, where the agency has not shown its OCI determination is based

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CACI Dynamic Systems, Inc., B-406130, February 28, 2012

  • March 7, 2012
  • Interested PartyTechnical Evaluation

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: CACI Dynamic Systems, Inc. Agency: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Disposition: Protest Denied in part, Dismissed in part. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of the protester’s and awardee’s proposals under a technical approach factor is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criterion. Protester

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