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 Decision Protestor: Inchcape Shipping Services Holding, Ltd. Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied. ______________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency was not required to provide for the submission of revised proposals due to the fact that approximately one year had elapsed between the submission of proposals and contract award. Protest that awardee’s prices were
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: QinetiQ North America, Inc. Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Denied. _________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest based on an alleged violation of the Procurement Integrity Act is denied, where, consistent with Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements, the agency investigated the alleged disclosure of protester’s employees’ resumes to the awardee by a
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest denied in part, dismissed in part. Keywords: Procurement Integrity Violations General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A contracting officer who receives or obtains information of a possible violation of the PIA must determine if the possible violation has any impact on the pending award or selection of the contractor.
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Procurement Integrity; Prejudice General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Proof of actual prejudice is an essential part of any viable protest. Without a showing of actual prejudice, the protest will be dismissed. —————————————————————————————————————————East West, Inc. (East West) protests the award of a contract, issued
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. ________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging exclusion of protester’s proposal from revised competitive range is denied where proposal was both lower rated under technical factor and significantly higher priced than the two proposals included in competitive range; agency reasonably found it had no reasonable chance
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest dismissed. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest alleging violation of procurement integrity is dismissed where the protester did not report the alleged procurement integrity violation to the contracting agency within 14 days after the protester received the evidence that it believed showed a possible violation, because timely