Proposals Archives - Bid Protest Weekly

Science Applications International Corporation, B-407105, B-407105.2, November 1, 2012

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Science Applications International Corporation Agency: Defense Intelligence Agency Disposition: Protest Sustained in part, Denied in part. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly evaluated awardee’s technical proposal is sustained where the record shows that the agency did not reasonably consider the awardee’s proposed technical approach, which included using “large numbers” of

Global Automotive, Inc., B-406828, August 3, 2012

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Global Automotive, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency properly eliminated the protester’s proposal from award consideration where the protester expressly refused to extend its proposal acceptance period as requested and the proposal could not be revived because it would compromise the integrity of the

Main Building Maintenance, Inc., B-406615, B-406615.2, B-406615.3, July 23, 2012

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Main Building Maintenance, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest of agency evaluation and determination to exclude protester’s revised proposal from the competitive range is denied where protester fails to show that either was unreasonable. General Counsel PC Highlight: Main Building Maintenance, Inc. (MBM) protested

CHE Consulting, Inc., B-406639, June 28, 2012

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: CHE Consulting, Inc. Agency: Department of Commerce Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is denied where the record shows that contracting agency reasonably determined that protester’s quotation was unacceptable due to an ambiguity relating to the period of performance. General Counsel PC Highlight: CHE Consulting, Inc. protested the rejection of

Science Applications International Corporation, B-406460, B-406460.2, June 7, 2012

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Science Applications International Corporation Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency performed an unreasonable cost realism analysis is denied where agency reasonably concluded that the awardee could hire qualified personnel at its proposed labor rates. Protest that agency unreasonably assigned protester an acceptable technical

OMNIPLEX World Services Corporation, B-406251, B-406251.2, March 14, 2012

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: OMNIPLEX World Services Corporation Agency: Office of Personnel Management Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency’s notification to all offerors of a common cutoff date for receipt of proposals has the intent and effect of a request for final revised proposals where all offerors submitted revisions and no offerors were prejudiced.

AIS Engineering, Inc., B-406186, March 7, 2012

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: AIS Engineering, Inc. Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Protest Denied in part, Dismissed in part. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protester’s proposal was reasonably found to be unacceptable where it was evaluated as materially failing to satisfy stated performance and capability requirements. General Counsel PC Highlight: AIS Engineering, Inc. protested the award to

QinetiQ North America, Inc., B-405163.2, B-405163.3, B-405163.4, B-405163.5, January 25, 2012

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

CRAssociates, Inc., B-406018, B-406018.2, February 13, 2012

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: CRAssociates, Inc. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency evaluation of proposals is unobjectionable where it is reasonable and consistent with solicitation evaluation criteria, and adequately documented. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: CRAssociates, Inc. (CRA) protested the award of a contract to Sterling Medical Associates, Inc. for

Naiad Inflatables of Newport, B-405221, September 19, 2011

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Naiad Inflatables of Newport Agency: United States Coast Guard Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest of deficiencies, significant weaknesses, and weaknesses assigned to the protester’s proposal is denied where the solicitation called for specific information that was not furnished in the protester’s proposal and the record shows that the agency

Pacific Lock Company, B-405800, December 27, 2011

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Prejudice; Domestic Production Requirement; Reliance on the Proposal —————————————————————————————————————————– GAO Digest: 1. Protest that a delivery order was issued to a vendor that would not provide a domestic end item is denied where the agency reasonably relied upon the vendor’s certification that it would

Beckman Coulter, Inc., B-405452, November 4, 2011

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Technical Requirements General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Agencies may reasonably rely on the accuracy of information provided by an offeror in its proposal. —————————————————————————————————————————– GAO denied the protest of Beckman Coulter, Inc. regarding the issuance of a delivery order, under a request

CCSC, Inc., B-404802.3, July 18, 2011

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Late proposal; mail-box rule General Counsel P.C. Highlight: The offeror is responsible for taking reasonable steps to ensure timely delivery and only where the agency is the paramount cause of the late receipt will a protest be sustained. ——————————————————————————– GAO denies the protest

SafeGuard Services, LLC, B-404910, June 28, 2011

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Late Proposal General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A proposal that does not provide all items required by the solicitation may not be automatically rejected if the proposal information received by the deadline is sufficient to constitute an acceptable proposal. —————————————————————————————————————————– SafeGuard Services, LLC

DynCorp International, LLC, B-403065; B-403065.2, September 17, 2010

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Proposal Revisions General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Offerors are responsible for following explicit proposal revision instructions. DynCorp International, LLC protests the award of a contract, under a Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command, request for proposals (RFP), for life cycle support for C-12, RC?12,

Lani Eko & Company, CPAs, PLLC, B-404863, June 6, 2011

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Late Proposal General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A late hand-carried proposal may be considered for award, however, if improper government action was the paramount cause of the late delivery. Even in cases where the late receipt may have been caused, in part, by erroneous government

B&S Transport, Inc., B-404648.3, April 8, 2011

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Late Proposal General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An Agency may consider for award a late, hand-carried offer if the government’s misdirection or improper action was the paramount cause of the late delivery and consideration of the offer would not compromise the integrity of the competitive process.

Ocean Services, LLC, B-404690, April 6, 2011

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest sustained Keywords: Proposal Extension General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Where a proposal or bid has expired, GAO has recognized that an offeror or bidder may extend its acceptance period and revive its proposal or bid if doing so would not compromise the integrity of the competitive bidding system. —————————————————————————————————————————– Ocean Services,

Network Innovations, Inc., B-404607; B-404607.2, March 8, 2011

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Technical Evaluation; Proposals General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Because an agency’s evaluation is dependent on the information provided in a proposal, it is the offeror’s responsibility to submit an adequately written proposal for the agency to evaluate. —————————————————————————————————————————– Network Innovations, Inc. protests the award of

Noble Supply and Logistics, B-404731, March 4, 2011

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Late Proposal. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Oral advice that would have the effect of altering the written terms of a solicitation, even from the contracting officer, does not operate to amend a solicitation or otherwise legally bind the agency. —————————————————————————————————————————– Noble Supply and

Islands Mechanical Contractor, Inc., B-404275, January 24, 2011

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Lost Proposal Bid Bond General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Agencies have a fundamental obligation to have procedures in place to receive submissions from competitors under a solicitation, to reasonably safeguard submissions received, and to fairly consider all submission received. As a practical matter, however, even

Islands Mechanical Contractor, Inc., B-404275, January 24, 2011

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Lost proposal information General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An Agency’s negligent loss of proposal information does not entitle the offeror to any relief from the loss except where the loss is shown to be not an isolated act of negligence, but rather arises out of

Tetra Tech Tesoro, Inc., B-403797, December 14, 2010

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Lost proposal General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An offeror bears the burden of submitting a complete and adequately written proposal and it runs the risk that its proposal will be evaluated unfavorably where it fails to do so. —————————————————————————————————————————– Tetra Tech Tesoro, Inc. (Tetra) protests

Industrial Construction & Trading Company, B-403849, December 13, 2010

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Proposal Completeness General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A finding that a protester submitted a proposal or other information as claimed requires evidence that the agency received the information; absent such evidence, there is no basis for GAO to question the agency’s representation as to what

Metters, Incorporated, B-403629, November 10, 2010

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Late Proposals General Counsel P.C. Highlight: It is an offeror’s responsibility to deliver its proposal to the proper place at the proper time, and late delivery generally requires rejection of a proposal. —————————————————————————————————————————– Metters, Incorporated (Metters) protests the rejection of its proposal as late by

JBlanco Enterprises, Inc., B-402905, August 5, 2010

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Price Calculation Error General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An offeror has the responsibility to submit a well-written proposal, with adequately detailed information which clearly demonstrates compliance with the solicitation requirements and allows a meaningful review by the procuring agency. The offeror must affirmatively demonstrate

Hi-Tec Systems, Inc., B-402590; B-402590.2, June 7, 2010

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Proposal detail General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Offerors bear the burden of submitting an adequately written proposal and contracting agencies evaluating one section of a proposal are not required to go in search of additional information that an offeror has omitted or failed to adequately

Alalamiah Technology Group, B-402707.2, June 29, 2010

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Late proposal General Counsel P.C. Highlight: It is the offeror’s responsibility to deliver its proposal to the proper place at the proper time. —————————————————————————————————————————– The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) issued a request for proposals (RFP), for excess property management and office support services to be

Douglas Colony/Kenny Solar, JV, B-402649, June 17, 2010

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Proposal Requirements General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An offeror has the obligation to affirmatively demonstrate that its proposal will meet the government’s needs, and has a duty to establish that what it is proposing will meet the solicitation requirements where required to do so. —————————————————————————————————————————– Douglass

Resource Title Agency, Inc., B-402484.2, May 18, 2010

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Proposal Detail General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Since an agency’s evaluation is dependent on the information furnished in a proposal, it is the offeror’s responsibility to submit an adequately written proposal for the agency to evaluate. —————————————————————————————————————————– In a request for proposals (RFP),

Keystone Sealift Services, Inc., B-401526.3, April 13, 2010

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Military Sealift Command Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Best value; Proposal Detail; Debriefing General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Offerors bear the burden of submitting adequately written proposals. With some exceptions not applicable here, contracting agencies are not obligated to go in search of information that offerors have omitted, placed in other parts of

Honeywell Technology Solutions, B-400771.6, November 23, 2009

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Corrective action; Final proposal revisions —————————————————————————————————————————– The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center issued a request for proposals in January, 2008, in which it sought proposals to provide personnel, materials, and facilities necessary to perform all space

Mike Kesler Enterprises, B-401633, October 23, 2009

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Agriculture Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency reasonably determined that protester’s proposal for road reconditioning work did not provide sufficient detail regarding the accomplishment of the work and was therefore technically unacceptable. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: The protester argues that its proposal was unreasonably rejected as technically unacceptable.

EMS Ice, Inc., B-401688.3; B-401688.6, October 8, 2009

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest challenging agency’s use of allegedly flawed independent government estimate (IGE) and comparison with proposed prices in determining that protester’s proposed price was unreasonable is denied; challenged IGE was replaced and not used in reasonableness determination, and Federal Acquisition Regulation

Anwar Al-Anduols, B-401550; B-401550.3, September 22, 2009

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly evaluated proposal as unacceptable is denied where record shows agency reasonably determined that materials list and conceptual layout required by solicitation were inadequate or incomplete. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Anwar asserts that, since the solicitation required a

Proposals

Science Applications International Corporation, B-407105, B-407105.2, November 1, 2012

Global Automotive, Inc., B-406828, August 3, 2012

Main Building Maintenance, Inc., B-406615, B-406615.2, B-406615.3, July 23, 2012

CHE Consulting, Inc., B-406639, June 28, 2012

Science Applications International Corporation, B-406460, B-406460.2, June 7, 2012

OMNIPLEX World Services Corporation, B-406251, B-406251.2, March 14, 2012

AIS Engineering, Inc., B-406186, March 7, 2012

QinetiQ North America, Inc., B-405163.2, B-405163.3, B-405163.4, B-405163.5, January 25, 2012

CRAssociates, Inc., B-406018, B-406018.2, February 13, 2012

Naiad Inflatables of Newport, B-405221, September 19, 2011

Pacific Lock Company, B-405800, December 27, 2011

Beckman Coulter, Inc., B-405452, November 4, 2011

CCSC, Inc., B-404802.3, July 18, 2011

SafeGuard Services, LLC, B-404910, June 28, 2011

DynCorp International, LLC, B-403065; B-403065.2, September 17, 2010

Lani Eko & Company, CPAs, PLLC, B-404863, June 6, 2011

B&S Transport, Inc., B-404648.3, April 8, 2011

Ocean Services, LLC, B-404690, April 6, 2011

Network Innovations, Inc., B-404607; B-404607.2, March 8, 2011

Noble Supply and Logistics, B-404731, March 4, 2011

Islands Mechanical Contractor, Inc., B-404275, January 24, 2011

Islands Mechanical Contractor, Inc., B-404275, January 24, 2011

Tetra Tech Tesoro, Inc., B-403797, December 14, 2010

Industrial Construction & Trading Company, B-403849, December 13, 2010

Metters, Incorporated, B-403629, November 10, 2010

JBlanco Enterprises, Inc., B-402905, August 5, 2010

Hi-Tec Systems, Inc., B-402590; B-402590.2, June 7, 2010

Alalamiah Technology Group, B-402707.2, June 29, 2010

Douglas Colony/Kenny Solar, JV, B-402649, June 17, 2010

Resource Title Agency, Inc., B-402484.2, May 18, 2010

Keystone Sealift Services, Inc., B-401526.3, April 13, 2010

Honeywell Technology Solutions, B-400771.6, November 23, 2009

Mike Kesler Enterprises, B-401633, October 23, 2009

EMS Ice, Inc., B-401688.3; B-401688.6, October 8, 2009

Anwar Al-Anduols, B-401550; B-401550.3, September 22, 2009

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