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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,