Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: September 18, 2017 Keywords: FSS Contract, Simplified Acquisition Procedures General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Agencies may only purchase services identified and priced on a vendor’s schedule contract. Summary of Facts The Department of the Navy issued a request for quotations (RFQ) via the General Services Administration’s (GSA)
Link: GAO Decision Protestors: Kingdomware Technologies; SDV Security, LLC Agency: United States Marine Corps Disposition: Protest Denied. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency was required to set aside solicitation for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses is denied where agency reasonably estimated the value of the procurement as below the simplified acquisition threshold and properly set the
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Simplified Acquisition Procedures General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Simplified acquisition procedures are designed, among other things, to reduce administrative expenses, promote efficiency and economy in contracting, and avoid unnecessary burdens for agencies and contractors. When using these procedures, an agency must conduct the procurement consistent with
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Interior Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Simplified Acquisition Procedures General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Even for procurements under simplified acquisition procedures, it is a fundamental principle of government accountability that an agency be able to produce a sufficient record to allow for a meaningful review where its procurement actions are challenged.
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protest sustained. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s decision not to solicit a quotation from the protester is sustained where the record shows that the agency knew that the protester was interested in competing and did not have a reasonable basis to question the protester’s ability to
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protests denied in part, dismissed in part, and sustained in part. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protester’s contentions that three agency procurements for brand-name filters improperly limit competition are denied where the record shows that the agency is procuring the brand-name items using simplified acquisition procedures and has adequately