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Agency Arguing the Futile in Pre-Award Bid Protest

  • November 17, 2022
  • Ambiguity in SolicitationTerms of the Solicitation
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Matter of Selex ES, Inc. Decided: September 6, 2022 Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Ambiguity in Solicitation; Terms of the Solicitation   Protest Insight Pre-award protests challenging the ambiguity of requirements in a solicitation are critical to ensuring fair competition.  Even when underlying requirements are not in dispute, as was

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Who Knew SCA is Spelled DOL Rather than GAO

  • April 18, 2022
  • Ambiguity in SolicitationScope of GAO Review
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Matter of Shamrock Marine Towing & Salvage Decided: December 27, 2021 Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Denied Keywords: Ambiguity in Solicitation, Services Contract Act; Scope of GAO Review   Protest Insight This protest is notable because it showcases that GAO holds a limited scope of authority.  GAO ultimately declined to consider the issue

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Matter of: M.R. Pittman Group, LLC

  • May 27, 2021
  • Ambiguity in SolicitationPre-Award ProtestPre-Solicitation NoticeSmall Business Set-AsidesTimeliness of Protest
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Matter of: M.R. Pittman Group, LLC Agency: Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers  Disposition: Protest Dismissed  Decided: May 5, 2021 Keywords: Pre-Award Protests, Timeliness Of Protest, Small Business Set-Aside, Ambiguity in Solicitation, Pre-Solicitation Notice General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Protest dismissed where an other-than-small business protester argued that the opportunity was not a small

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Katmai Information Technologies, LLC, B-406885, September 20, 2012

  • October 24, 2012
  • Ambiguity in Solicitation

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Katmai Information Technologies, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that terms of solicitation for role-players to interact with military forces do not adequately communicate the agency’s requirements is denied where the solicitation provides sufficient information on which offerors can compete intelligently and on a

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NCS Technologies, Inc., B-406306.3, September 17, 2012

  • September 26, 2012
  • Ambiguity in SolicitationPrice Evaluation

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: NCS Technologies, Inc. Agency: United States Marine Corps Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly evaluated proposed prices is denied where the agency’s evaluation conformed to the terms of the solicitation; in any case, any ambiguity in the price evaluation method announced in the solicitation was patent, and

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IAP-Hill, LLC, B-406289, B-406289.2, B-406289.3, April 4, 2012

  • May 30, 2012
  • Ambiguity in SolicitationTerms of the Solicitation

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: IAP-Hill, LLC Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of proposals is denied where record shows that agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. Protest that solicitation included a latent ambiguity is denied

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Superior Gunite, B-402392.2, March 29, 2010

  • April 8, 2010
  • Ambiguity in Solicitation

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Ambiguity in solicitation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: When a dispute arises as to the actual meaning of solicitation language, the GAO resolves the matter by reading the solicitation as a whole and in a manner that gives effect to all provisions of the

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Patricia A. Thompson — Agency Tender Official, B-310910.4, January 22, 2009

  • January 22, 2009
  • Ambiguity in SolicitationTimeliness of Protest

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest dismissed in part, denied in part. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Where agency responded to earlier protest, in which the agency tender official (ATO) challenged the adequacy of the solicitation’s workload information, by stating that it would provide additional workload data, and earlier protest was withdrawn,

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