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Burke Consortium, Inc., B-407273.3; B-407273.5, February 7, 2013

  • April 10, 2013
  • Best ValueCost-Technical Trade-OffPast PerformancePrice EvaluationPrice RealismSmall Business Set-Asides
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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

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Endeavor Enterprise Solutions, LLC, B-407760; B-407760.2; B-407760.3, January 31, 2013

  • February 13, 2013
  • Small Business Set-AsidesTechnical Evaluation
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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

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American Medical Equipment Company, B-407113; B-407113.2, November 8, 2012

  • January 30, 2013
  • Rule of TwoSmall Business Set-Asides
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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

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Walden Security, B-407022, B-407022.2, October 10, 2012

  • October 24, 2012
  • Small Business Set-Asides

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

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The Ross Group Construction Corporation – Request for Modification of Remedy, B-405180.3, August 7, 2012

  • August 15, 2012
  • Bid and Proposal CostsSmall Business Set-AsidesTask Orders

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

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CYIOS, Inc., B-402728.3, July 13, 2012

  • July 18, 2012
  • Bundling or ConsolidationSmall Business Set-Asides

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

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Tipton Textile Rental, Inc., B-406372, May 9, 2012

  • May 30, 2012
  • DiscussionsSmall Business Set-AsidesTerms of the Solicitation

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

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PN&A, Inc., B-406368, April 23, 2012

  • May 2, 2012
  • Commercial Item AcquisitionEvaluation CriteriaSmall Business Set-Asides

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

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DNO Inc., B-406256, B-406256.2, March 22, 2012

  • April 18, 2012
  • Best ValuePrice EvaluationSmall Business Set-Asides

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

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DMS Pharmaceutical Group, Inc., B-406305, April 6, 2012

  • April 18, 2012
  • Market ResearchSmall Business Set-Asides

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

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