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Matter of David Jones, CPA PC

  • October 13, 2017
  • Best ValueBid and Proposal CostsBid ProtestsEvaluationsPrice EvaluationPrice Reasonableness
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Agency: Department of Veteran Affairs Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: August 25, 2017 Keywords: Evaluations, Price Evaluation, Price Reasonableness General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Agencies must not evaluate the cost of each line item in a vacuum.  Rather, the agency must engage in analysis of whether a single high price quote would result in the government paying

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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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Emergint Technologies, Inc., B-407006, October 18, 2012

  • November 7, 2012
  • Best ValuePrice RealismPrice ReasonablenessTechnical Evaluation

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Emergint Technologies, Inc. Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is sustained where solicitation for the issuance of a fixed-price time-and-materials task order did not provide for a price realism evaluation, yet the agency discounted the protester’s lower price in its best value tradeoff

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Lifecycle Construction Services, LLC, B-406907, September 27, 2012

  • October 31, 2012
  • Independent Government Estimate (IGE)Price EvaluationPrice RealismPrice Reasonableness

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Lifecycle Construction Services, LLC Agency: Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly rejected protester’s proposal as unreasonably low priced is sustained where the agency based its conclusion on a comparison of the protester’s price to the median price proposed by other

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MVM, Inc., B-403912.3, May 26, 2011

  • May 9, 2012
  • Best ValuePrice EvaluationPrice Reasonableness

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: MVM, Inc. Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency reasonably determined that awardee’s comparatively low extended pricing did not pose an unacceptable risk for recruitment and retention where proposed rates for labor categories that made up majority of anticipated effort were near government estimates for those rates

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Applied Business Management Solutions Incorporated, LLC, B-405724, December 15, 2011

  • January 9, 2012
  • Incumbent StatusPrice Reasonableness

Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Army Disposition:  Protest denied. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  GAO Digest: 1. Protest that agency improperly accepted awardee’s plan to hire incumbent personnel based on claim that personnel will be unavailable is denied where there is no significant countervailing evidence reasonably known to agency that should or did create doubt as to

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United Concordia Companies, Inc., B-404740, April 27, 2011

  • June 8, 2011
  • Price Reasonableness

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Price Reasonableness General Counsel P.C. Highlight: The techniques and procedures described under FAR 15.404-1(b) Price Analysis, are generally the primary means of assessing price reasonableness. —————————————————————————————————————————– United Concordia Companies, Inc. (UCCI) protests the award of a contract by the Department of Defense, TRICARE Management Activity,

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PJ Helicopters, Inc., B-402524.2, May 20, 2010

  • July 22, 2010
  • Price Reasonableness

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Price Reasonableness General Counsel P.C. Highlight: PJ Helicopters, Inc. protests the determination by the U.S. Forest Service, National Interagency Fire Center, to exclude its proposal from the competitive range under a request for proposals (RFP) for exclusive-use helicopter fire suppression services at

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Milani Construction, LLC, File: B-401942, Date: December 22, 2009

  • May 6, 2010
  • Price RealismPrice Reasonableness

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service Disposition: Protest Sustained in part. Keywords: Price reasonableness; Price realism General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An agency’s concern in making a “price reasonableness” determination focuses primarily on whether the offered prices are higher than warranted. Although not required, an agency may also provide for a “price

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SDV Solutions, Inc., B-402309, February 1, 2010

  • February 11, 2010
  • Price RealismPrice Reasonableness

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Agriculture Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Price reasonableness; price realism General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO will not re-evaluate proposals in considering a bid protest, but will only consider whether the Agency’s evaluation was reasonable. —————————————————————————————————————————– In October of 2009, the Department of Agriculture issued a request for proposals (RFP) for

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