Matter of AttainX, Inc. Decided: January 31, 2022 Agency: Department of Commerce Disposition: Protest Denied Keywords: Timely proposal submission; Lost Proposals Protest Insight This case highlights the importance of receiving follow up confirmation on proposal submissions. Government Contractors should consider this step a must for all bids. If a confirmation is not automatically sent,
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
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
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