Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Data and Analytic Solutions, Inc. Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: In a negotiated procurement for the award of a cost reimbursement contract where offerors were provided a range of estimated monthly workloads and where offerors based their cost proposals upon differing workload assumptions,
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Negotiation; GSA Lease General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Negotiations which change the SFO should be well documented in the final proposal, an offeror can’t assume that the agency knows what is included in the proposal unless it is detailed with specificity. ——————————————————————————– GAO denies the
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Competitive Range Determination General Counsel P.C. Highlight: OLBN Architectural Service, Inc. protests the evaluation and subsequent non-selection of its qualification statement for negotiation of an architect/engineering (A/E) services contract, pursuant to a solicitation, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services,
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Labor Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Negotiations; Discussions General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An agency is not obligated to reopen negotiations to give an offeror the opportunity to remedy a defect that first appears in a revised proposal. —————————————————————————————————————————– Applied Technology Systems, Inc. (ATSI) protests the Department of Labor’s (DOL) award of
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: In a negotiated procurement that provided for multiple awards, protest challenging agency’s failure to award protester a contract is denied, where the agency reasonably downgraded protester’s proposal for significant weaknesses in the protester’s proposed safety plan. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Diversified