Matter of Patriot Defense Group, LLC Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: August 5, 2020 Keywords: Proposal Standards; Adequately Written Proposal; Proposals; Proposal Detail General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An offeror is responsible for submitting an adequately written proposal, and supplementation submitted during the course of a protest to bolster an inadequate
Matter of AECOM Management Services, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: May 15, 2020 Keywords: Cost Realism; Proposal Detail General Counsel P.C. Highlight: When an agency evaluates a proposal for the award of a cost reimbursable contract or task order, the offeror’s proposed costs are not dispositive and the agency must
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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