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Matter of MCI Diagnostic Center, LLC

  • April 8, 2020
  • Sole-Source Award
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Matter of MCI Diagnostic Center, LLC Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: March 11, 2020 Keywords: Sole-Source Award General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An agency may solicit from one source if the contracting officer reasonably determines that only one source is reasonably available. Summary of Facts  MCI Diagnostic Center, LLC (MCI) protests the issuance

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Matter of Wamore, Inc.

  • November 13, 2019
  • Bid Protest DecisionsSole-Source Award
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Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: July 9, 2019 Keywords:  Sole-Source Award, Competition in Contracting Act General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  A protest of proposed award of a sole-source contract for highly specialized equipment will be denied where the agency reasonably concludes that only one firm possesses the necessary data rights to produce

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Womack Machine Supply Co., B-407990, May 3, 2013

  • May 15, 2013
  • Sole-Source AwardSolicitation AmendmentSolicitation Requirements
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Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    National Aeuronautics and Space Administration Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Womack Machine Supply Co., regarding the terms of a request for quotations (RFQ) issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for hydraulic servo control manifolds. NASA posted to its website its intent

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Unitron LP, B-406770, August 14, 2012

  • October 3, 2012
  • Restricted CompetitionSole-Source Award

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Unitron LP Agency: Naval Air Systems Command Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Sole-source award of a follow-on contract for highly specialized equipment is unobjectionable where the agency reasonably determined that award to any other source would likely cause unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements. General Counsel PC Highlight: Unitron

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Camden Shipping Corporation, B-406171, B-406323, February 27, 2012

  • March 7, 2012
  • Incumbent StatusSmall Business Set-AsidesSole-Source Award

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

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Crosstown Courier Service, Inc., B-405492, B-405493, March 29, 2010

  • November 30, 2011
  • SDVOSB Set-AsidesSole-Source AwardVeterans First

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protests denied. Keywords: SDVOSB; Veterans First; sole-source award General Counsel P.C. Highlight: When the VA awards a sole-source award under Veterans First it is not required to set aside the award for SDVOSBs. —————————————————————————————————————————– Crosstown Courier Service, Inc. (Crosstown), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) protests

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Outdoor Venture Corporation, B-405423, October 25, 2011

  • November 30, 2011
  • Industrial MobilizationSole-Source Award

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Sole-Source, industrial mobilization General Counsel P.C. Highlight: The GAO will not disturb a sole source set aside for maintaining the industrial base unless the agency has abused its discretion. —————————————————————————————————————————– Outdoor Venture Corporation (OVC) protests the award of a contract for lightweight maintenance enclosures

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Eagle Collaborative Computing Services, Inc., B-401043.3, January 28, 2011

  • February 17, 2011
  • Corrective ActionPrejudiceSole-Source Award

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Prejudice; corrective action; sole-source General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO will not consider an argument regarding compliance with a corrective action letter, except to the extent the protester asserts that an agency’s alleged deviation from its proposed corrective action resulted in a prejudicial

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Ridgeline Industries, Inc., B-402105, January 7, 2010

  • February 11, 2010
  • Sole-Source Award

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Sole-Source Award General Counsel, P.C. Highlight: Agency is justified in issuing a sole source award where the purpose of the award is to maintain the contractor as a source of supply for a national emergency or to achieve industrial mobilization. —————————————————————————————————————————– The Defense Logistics

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Chicago Dryer Company, B-401888, December 8, 2009

  • December 15, 2009
  • Sole-Source Award

Link: GAO Opinion Agencies: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Sole-source —————————————————————————————————————————– In September, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) posted a pre-solicitation notice advising of its intent to acquire a G.A. Braun Delta 3S32 ironer, available only from G.A. Braun, to be installed at the VA Medical Center in Canandaigua, New York.

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