Matter of Patronus Systems, Inc. Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: September 3, 2020 Keywords: Price Realism; Proposal Evaluation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An agency may include in a solicitation a provision providing for a price realism evaluation, but where a solicitation merely reserves the agency’s right to conduct a price realism analysis,
Matter of Mancon, LLC Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: May 12, 2020 Keywords: Unbalanced Pricing, Price Realism General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Protest alleging that awardee’s pricing is unbalanced is dismissed where the protester fails to make the threshold showing that one or more of the awardee’s prices was overstated and where
Matter of American Systems Group Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Dismissed Decided: June 9, 2020 Keywords: Timeliness of Protest; Price Realism; Pre-Award Protest General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Protests must be filed no later than 10 days after the protester knew, or should have known, of the basis for protest, whichever is earlier. Summary of
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Material Misrepresentation; Price Realism Analysis General Counsel P.C. Highlight: The protester alleges that the awardee made a material misrepresentation in its proposal by including the name of a key subcontractor without the subcontractor’s consent and with whom protester had
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of FCN, Inc., regarding the award of a contract to RGS Federal, Inc., by the Air National Guard (ANG), under a request for proposals (RFP), for a mass notification system/net-centric alerting system for the ANG. The
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
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of DynCorp International LLC regarding the award of a contract to L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC under a request for proposals (RFP) No. FA3002-11-R-0007, issued by the Department of the Air Force to acquire aircraft
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Contract Services, Inc. (CSI), regarding the award of a contract to ALOG Corporation, under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of the Army for administrative and facilities support services at Fort Riley,
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Burke Consortium, Inc., based on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision not to award Burke a contract under a request for proposals (RFP) for information technology services. The RFP provided for multiple awards of
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of State Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of ValidaTek, Inc., based on the Department of State’s (DOS) issuance of a task order to Zolon Tech, Inc., under a request for proposals (RFP) for information technology support services. Participation in the competition was restricted to