Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Blue Ridge Limousine and Tour Service, Inc., based on the terms of a solicitation for shuttle bus services in the Arlington, Virginia area, issued by the National Guard Bureau (NGB). NGB originally awarded Blue Ridge
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of BCPeabody Construction Services, Inc. based on the award of a contract to Edens Construction Company, by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, under a request for proposals (RFP) for dike rehabilitation construction services.
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of FPM Remediations, Inc., based on the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Army for environmental remediation services. The RFP was issued
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: United States Coast Guard Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Phoenix Group of Virginia, Inc., regarding the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with the McHenry Management Group, under a request for quotations (RFQ), issued by the United States Coast Guard for marine engineering
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Burke Consortium, Inc., based on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision not to award Burke a contract under a request for proposals (RFP) for information technology services. The RFP provided for multiple awards of
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Energy Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Endeavor Enterprise Solutions, LLC, (EES) regarding the award of a contract to GET-NSA, LLC, under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) to obtain information technology infrastructure and support services for
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of American Medical Equipment Company (AMEC), regarding the terms of a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for home oxygen services for beneficiaries in Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 (VISN
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Walden Security Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging an agency’s decision to set aside a procurement for small businesses is denied where the record shows that the contracting officer reasonably expected that at least two responsible
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: The Ross Group Construction Corporation Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Request Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Request that an agency reimburse protester for proposal preparation costs is denied where the agency acted within its discretion to require re-certification of small business size status when requesting task order proposals under a small
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: CYIOS, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that procurement consolidating information technology support services was an impermissible bundling of requirements is denied, where the agency reasonably determined that consolidation would result in substantial cost savings and efficiencies and was necessary to meet the agency’s
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Tipton Textile Rental, Inc. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency misevaluated awardee’s quotation is sustained where solicitation required a barrier wall to achieve physical separation of soiled linens from cleaned linens, and awardee’s quotation failed to comply with this requirement. Under small business
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: PN&A, Inc. Agency: Department of Energy Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency misevaluated protester’s quotation is denied where the record reasonably supports evaluation that the protester’s quotation was unacceptable in several respects and the protester has provided no basis to question the reasonableness of the agency’s evaluation. General
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: DNO Inc. Agency: Small Business Administration Disposition: Protest Sustained. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest challenging agency decision not to set aside for small business concerns a contract for a pilot program to compile a list of approved fruit and vegetable vendors for domestic food nutrition assistance programs is sustained where agency’s
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: DMS Pharmaceutical Group, Inc. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Denied _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest by small business against the rejection of its proposal and the consequent withdrawal of a small business set-aside under a solicitation with a cascading evaluation feature, which contemplated the withdrawal of the set aside if
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: KNAPP Logistics Automation, Inc. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging an agency’s decision to set aside a procurement for small businesses is denied where the record shows that the contracting officer reasonably expected that at least two responsible offerors would submit offers and that
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Camden Shipping Corporation Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protests Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency reasonably awarded a bridge contract on a sole-source basis for the operation and maintenance of a vessel, where the agency reasonably determined that only the incumbent contractor/awardee could ensure the critically needed uninterrupted operation of the
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) awardee’s ability to perform more than 50 percent of the contract requirements is denied because, although the solicitation stated that SDVOSB concerns would receive an evaluation preference, the solicitation was not set aside for
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 Decision Protestor: Ocean Services, LLC Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protester’s proposal was reasonably excluded from the competitive range where the agency found that the proposal was technically unacceptable and would require major revisions to be made acceptable. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Ocean
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Small business set-aside; Sources sought notice; Capability of performing General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Before making a small business set aside the FAR only requires the Contracting Officer to determine that it is reasonable that two or more small businesses capable of performing may
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Small Business Set-Asides General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Where a proposal, on its face, demonstrates that an offeror is taking exception to the subcontracting limitation clause, the proposal is technically unacceptable. —————————————————————————————————————————– Addx Corporation protests the rejection of its proposal and the issuance of a task order, under a
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protests denied. Keywords: Small Business Set-Asides; GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) Program General Counsel P.C. Highlight: FAR Part 19, pertaining to small business programs and set-aside requirements, does not apply to BPAs or orders placed against FSS contracts. —————————————————————————————————————————– Edmond Computer Company and Edmond Scientific Company protest
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: NAICS code; Small business set-aside General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An agency is bound to follow the determinations made by the SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals regarding the applicable NAICS code for a specific procurement. —————————————————————————————————————————– A request for proposals (RFP) issued by
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Small business set-aside; Limitation on Subcontracting General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Whether an offeror will meet the limitation on subcontracting requirement is a contract administration issue that GAO will not consider unless the proposal on its face should lead the Agency to conclude that
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Small business set-aside —————————————————————————————————————————– A protest challenging the Army’s evaluation of a proposal for a hotel as unsatisfactory because the proposed facility was located too far from the airport to meet the solicitation’s timeframes was denied because the record supported the reasonableness of
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Small Business Administration; Responsibility-related factors —————————————————————————————————————————– When the record shows that a procuring agency has reasonably determined a small business protestor’s proposal to be technically unacceptable on the basis of factors not related to responsibility, referral to the Small Business Administration for a
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of a proposal for a hotel for use by applicants to a Military Entrance Processing Station as unsatisfactory because the proposed facility was located too far from the airport to meet the solicitation’s timeframes for picking
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that solicitation for administrative support services should have been set aside for historically under utilized business zone (HUBZone) or small business concerns is denied, where agency reasonably determined from market research, past procurement history, and consultation with the Small Business Administration
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest denied _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency’s decision to set aside a procurement for small businesses is reasonable where the agency performed market research that demonstrated a reasonable likelihood that the agency would receive offers from two or more responsible contractors at a fair and reasonable price,
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest dismissed. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly failed to consider protester for award of a small business contract is dismissed where the solicitation anticipated awards in multiple small business subcategories, and additional awards for up to three remaining small businesses, and where the protester
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Contracting officer’s determination that award under a small business set-aside was made at a fair market price is a matter of administrative discretion which GAO will not question unless the determination is unreasonable. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GSC contends that the
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency’s decision to establish a revised competitive range and conduct discussions with small business concerns whose proposals were deemed the most highly rated rather than withdraw the set-aside and reissue the solicitation on an unrestricted basis was reasonable under the circumstances;