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

  • April 4, 2012
  • Revision of ProposalSolicitation Amendment

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.

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

  • April 4, 2012
  • DiscussionsFinal Proposal Revisions

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

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

  • February 22, 2012
  • Meaningful DiscussionsProcurement IntegrityProposal Detail

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

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

  • February 22, 2012
  • Incumbent StatusProposal DetailTechnical Evaluation

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

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

  • February 22, 2012
  • ClarificationsProposal DetailProposal Evaluation

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

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

  • January 10, 2012
  • Domestic Production RequirementPrejudiceReliance on the Proposal

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

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

  • December 7, 2011
  • Reliance on the ProposalSolicitation Requirements

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

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

  • November 10, 2011
  • Late ProposalsMail-Box Rule
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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

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

  • August 17, 2011
  • Late Proposals

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

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

  • July 13, 2011
  • Revision of Proposal

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,

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