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No LPTA Unless They Say.

  • September 14, 2022
  • Best ValueLowest Price Technically AcceptablePrice Evaluation
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Matter of AT&T Mobility LLC Decided: May 10, 2022 Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Best Value, Price Evaluation, Lowest Price Technically Acceptable   Protest Insight This case is another recent example of GAO sustaining an offeror’s protest, despite being highly deferential to agency evaluations. Here, the protestor was able to demonstrate

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Matter of Addison Construction Company

  • August 14, 2019
  • Buy American ActCost EvaluationLowest Price Technically Acceptable
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Agency: Department of Energy Disposition: Protest Sustained  Decided: September 4, 2018 Keywords:  Buy American Act General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Omitting certain information that does not impact price or an enable the bidder to change the bid price does not render a bid “nonresponsive” for bid submission purposes.   Summary of Facts  A small business set aside solicitation

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Phoenix Management, Inc., B-406142.3, May 17, 2012

  • August 12, 2013
  • Lowest Price Technically AcceptablePrice RealismProcurement Integrity
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Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Air Force Disposition:  Protest denied. Keywords:   LPTA, PIA, price realism General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Phoenix Management, Inc. based on the award of a contract to Alliance Technical Services, Inc. (ATS), under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of the Air

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International Composites Technologies, Inc., B-408199, June 15, 2013

  • August 1, 2013
  • Lowest Price Technically AcceptableTechnical Acceptability
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Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Air Force Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of International Composites Technologies, Inc. (ICT), based on the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of the Air Force for ballistic armor systems

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Obayashi-JPS JV, B-407792, January 29, 2013

  • February 13, 2013
  • Experience of ContractorLowest Price Technically AcceptablePast PerformanceRelevancy of Past Performance
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Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Army Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Obayashi-JPS JV, regarding the award of a contract to Tokyu Construction Co., Ltd., by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, under a request for proposals (RFP) for the construction of a hydrant fuel

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Midwest Tube Fabricators, Inc., B-407166, B-407167, November 20, 2012

  • December 5, 2012
  • Lowest Price Technically Acceptable

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Midwest Tube Fabricators, Inc. Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protest Dismissed. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that item offered by awardee cannot have met solicitation specifications merely because awardee offered item at lower price than protester fails to state valid basis of protest. General Counsel PC Highlight: Midwest Tube Fabricators, Inc. protested

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Herman Miller, Inc., B-407028, October 19, 2012

  • November 7, 2012
  • Commercial Item AcquisitionLowest Price Technically Acceptable

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Herman Miller, Inc. Agency: Department of the Air Force; General Services Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: A solicitation with a two-tiered acquisition approach, under which manufacturers would receive contracts that include not-to-exceed prices for furniture systems and dealers would receive separate contracts for installation of the systems at prices

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