Matter of ANAMAR Environmental Consulting, Inc. (Nov. 9, 2016) Agency: Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Disposition: Request for Reimbursement Granted Keywords: Reimbursement, clearly meritorious, promptness of agency response Decided: Protester request for reimbursement granted General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Where a protest is clearly meritorious, and the agency’s response is not prompt or does
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Request denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the request of SpectrumS4, LLC, that GAO recommend that the firm be reimbursed the costs of filing and pursuing its protest against the award of various contracts under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Federal Highway Administration Disposition: Request denied in part, granted in part. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied in part and granted in part Sevatec’s request for reimbursement of costs that it incurred in filing and pursuing its protest challenging the award of a contract to Tantus Technologies, Inc., by the Department
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Request denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the request of Rite-Solutions, Inc. that it be reimbursed costs incurred in filing and pursuing a protest challenging the Department of the Navy’s award of a contract pursuant to a request for proposals (RFP) for network infrastructure and
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Request denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the request of Systems Research and Applications Corporation (SRA) that GAO recommend that the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command, reimburse attorneys’ fees and costs that SRA incurred in filing and pursuing a protest of a task
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Request denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the request of Information Ventures, Inc., that GAO recommend that the firm be reimbursed the costs of filing and pursuing its protests against the award of a contract to EnDyna, Inc. under a request for quotations
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Request denied in part, dismissed in part. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO considered the request of Threat Management Group (TMG), that GAO recommend that it be reimbursed the costs of filing and pursuing its protest challenging the Department of the Air Force’s award of a
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Request denied in part, granted in part. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO considered the request of Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) that GAO recommend reimbursement of the costs WPS incurred in filing and pursuing its protest challenging the award of a contract by
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Glevum Associates, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Request Granted. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Request that GAO recommend reimbursement of costs for filing and pursuing a protest against the agency’s evaluation of offerors is granted where the protester raised a clearly meritorious protest and the agency did not take prompt corrective
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: URS Federal Services, Inc. Agency: Internal Revenue Service Disposition: Request Granted in Part, Denied in Part. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: GAO will recommend that agency reimburse protester for the costs of filing and pursuing its protest, where the agency did not take corrective action in response to the protest until after the
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Split Rock, Inc. Agency: Defense Information Systems Agency Disposition: Request for Reimbursement Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Request for reimbursement of protest costs is denied where record fails to establish that the agency unduly delayed taking corrective action in the face of clearly meritorious protest. General Counsel PC Highlight: Split Rock, Inc.
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Blackstone Consulting, Inc. Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Request for Reimbursement Granted. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: GAO recommends reimbursement of the costs of filing and pursuing protest challenging agency’s failure to evaluate firm’s past performance questionnaires as part of the past performance evaluation where the issue was clearly meritorious but
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Shaka, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Reimbursement of requested amount recommended, as well as costs of pursuing this claim. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: GAO recommends that protester’s claim for attorneys’ fees be reimbursed where the attorneys’ hours charged are documented and reasonable, and the agency has not identified any specific
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: NxGen Process Group, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Request Dismissed ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ General Counsel PC Highlight: NxGen Process Group, LLC requested that the GAO recommend that it be reimbursed the costs of filing and pursuing its protest of the award to another firm of a contract for appraisal services. NxGen
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Kingdomware Technologies Inc. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Request Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protester is not entitled to reimbursement of protest costs after agency took corrective action where protest was not clearly meritorious. General Counsel PC Highlight: Kingdomware Technologies Inc. requested that the GAO recommend that it be reimbursed the
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: LGS Innovations LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Request for Reimbursement Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Reimbursement of protest costs based on agency corrective action is not warranted where the protest was not clearly meritorious. General Counsel PC Highlight: LGS Innovations LLC requested that the GAO recommend that it be reimbursed
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: A1 Procurement, JVG Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Where GAO has recommended the reimbursement of protest costs, the appropriate rate for reimbursement of time incurred pursuing the protest by the protester’s chief executive officer (CEO), who is also an attorney, should be based upon the CEO’s salary and
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: ARINC Engineering Services, LLC Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest was not clearly meritorious, and reimbursement of protest costs following agency corrective action therefore is not warranted, where additional record development and substantial further analysis would have been required to resolve protest. General Counsel PC Highlight:
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Odle Management Group, LLC Agency: Department of Labor Disposition: Request for reimbursement granted in part, denied in part ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: GAO recommends reimbursement of the costs of filing and pursuing protest challenging the agency’s conduct of misleading discussions, where issue was clearly meritorious but agency unduly delayed taking corrective action.
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: InfraMap Corporation Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Request Denied _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest was not clearly meritorious, and reimbursement of protest costs following agency corrective action therefore is not warranted, where additional record development and substantial further analysis would have been required to resolve protest General Counsel PC Highlight: InfraMap
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Moyle Real Estate & Development Company Agency: Department of Agriculture Disposition: Request Denied. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Claim for costs is denied where protester failed to submit a timely, certified, adequately documented claim for costs to the agency General Counsel PC Highlight: Moyle Real Estate & Development Company requested that the GAO
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Waterfront Technologies, Inc. Agency: Department of Labor Disposition: Request for costs denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Reimbursement of a successful protester’s costs for the work performed by its employees in pursuing the protest is denied where the protester’s supporting information regarding those costs shows that the obligation to pay the employees for
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Boston Harbor Development Partners, LLC Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Request Denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protester is not entitled to reimbursement of protest costs after agency took corrective action where protest was not clearly meritorious. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Boston Harbor Development Partners, LLC (BHDP) requested the reimbursement of costs stemming
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Sourcelinq, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. Request for Recommendation for Protest Costs Denied. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is denied where agency reasonably determined that descriptive literature for equal product submitted by protester in response to brand name or equal solicitation failed to demonstrate compliance with specified salient
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Request granted. Keywords: Bid Protest Costs General Counsel P.C. Highlight: If GAO determines that the agency unduly delayed taking corrective action in the face of a clearly meritorious protest, GAO will recommend payment of protest costs. —————————————————————————————————————————– Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) requests that GAO
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Request granted in part, denied in part. Keywords: Award of Protest Costs and Attorney’s Fees General Counsel P.C. Highlight: In appropriate cases, GAO will limit its recommendation for the award of protest costs and attorney’s fees where a part of those costs is allocable to an unsuccessful protest
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: United States Agency for International Development Disposition: Request denied. Keywords: Corrective Action; Protest Costs; Clearly Meritorious Protest General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO may recommend reimbursement of protest costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, if GAO determines that the agency unduly delayed taking corrective action in the face of a clearly meritorious protest. A protest is clearly meritorious
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Request denied. Keywords: Corrective Action; Protest Costs General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Reimbursement of protest costs may be appropriate where an agency does not timely implement the promised corrective action that led to the dismissal of an earlier protest. But, GAO has also found that months-long delays do not by themselves constitute
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Request denied. Keywords: Protest costs; corrective action General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO may recommend reimbursement of protest costs where an agency does not timely implement the promised corrective action that led to the dismissal of an earlier protest. GAO has also found that months-long delays do not
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Request denied Keywords: Reimbursement of Protest Costs General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Generally, when an agency takes corrective action before the due date for its report, GAO regards such action as prompt and will not recommend reimbursement of costs. —————————————————————————————————————————– A-Ability Medical Equipment, Inc. requests that it be reimbursed the costs of
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Labor Disposition: Request denied Keywords: Reimbursement of Protest Costs; Corrective Action General Counsel P.C. Highlight: When an agency takes corrective action following the filing of a GAO protest, protester should be reimbursed its protest costs only if an agency unduly delayed its decision to take corrective action in the face
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Request granted. Keywords: Protest Costs. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: When a procuring agency takes corrective action GAO will recommend reimbursement of protest costs if the GAO finds that the agency unduly delays taking corrective action in the face of a clearly meritorious protest. A protest is considered
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Labor Disposition: Request denied. Keywords: Protest Costs General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO will recommend reimbursement of protest costs if it sustains a protest, or where the agency unduly delays taking corrective action in the face of a clearly meritorious protest. A protest is considered clearly meritorious when a reasonable agency
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Army Disposition: Reimbursement amount recommended. Keywords: Bid protest costs General Counsel P.C. Highlight: In support of a request for payment of bid protest costs, the protester’s counsel must submit sufficient evidence to support its monetary claim, which must be adequately documented and reasonable in its nature and amount —————————————————————————————————————————– Baine
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Request denied. Keywords: Corrective Action; Bid Protest Costs General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO’s policy is to recommend reimbursement of protest costs if it sustains a protest or where the agency has unduly delayed in taking corrective action in the face of a clearly meritorious protest. —————————————————————————————————————————– The