Link: GAO Decision Protestor: EMR, Inc. Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly coerced protester to raise its labor rates and overall price, by advising during discussions that specific labor rates appeared to be low in relation to other offerors, and represented a weakness, is denied
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corp. Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s cost realism evaluation is sustained where the agency concedes an error in accepting awardee’s proposed labor rates for its existing staff based on market
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Labor Rate Pricing; Deficient Price Proposal General Counsel P.C. Highlight: It is an offeror’s responsibility to submit a well-written proposal, which clearly demonstrates compliance with the solicitation. Mission1st Group, Inc. (M1), a small business, protests the elimination of its proposal from consideration for award