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Matter of Patronus Systems, Inc.

  • December 3, 2020
  • Price RealismProposal Evaluation
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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,

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Matter of Mancon, LLC

  • July 7, 2020
  • Price RealismUnbalanced Pricing
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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

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Matter of American Systems Group

  • June 26, 2020
  • Pre-Award ProtestPrice RealismTimeliness of Protest
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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

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ERIMAX, Inc., B-410682, January 22, 2015

  • March 17, 2015
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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

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FCN, Inc., B-408316; B-408316.2, August 19, 2013

  • September 25, 2013
  • Price Realism
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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 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

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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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DynCorp International LLC, B-407762.3, June 7, 2013

  • July 27, 2013
  • Misleading DiscussionsPast PerformancePrice Realism
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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 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

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Contract Services, Inc., B-407894; B-407894.2, April 3, 2013

  • April 24, 2013
  • Best ValueCost-Technical Trade-OffPrice EvaluationPrice RealismPrice ReasonablenessTechnical Evaluation
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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 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,

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Burke Consortium, Inc., B-407273.3; B-407273.5, February 7, 2013

  • April 10, 2013
  • Best ValueCost-Technical Trade-OffPast PerformancePrice EvaluationPrice RealismSmall Business Set-Asides
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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

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ValidaTek, Inc., B-407623, January 17, 2013

  • February 6, 2013
  • Price RealismTask Orders
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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

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