Matter of Meridian Knowledge Solutions, LLC Decided: December 13, 2021 Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: FSS Contract; Blanket Purchase Agreement; Material Solicitation Terms Protest Insight This protest is notable because it showcases that, although the GAO is highly deferential to agency evaluations, the GAO will sustain a protest if it
Matter of Deloitte Consulting LLP Agency: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: March 23, 2020 Keywords: Material Solicitation Terms General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A proposal that takes exception to a solicitation’s material terms and conditions (price, quantity, quality, or delivery of the goods or services being provided) should
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: January 2, 2020 Keywords: Material Solicitation Terms General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A requirement for letters of commitment from key personnel generally constitutes a material solicitation requirement and failure of an awardee to comply with a material solicitation requirement may result in a sustained protest
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. Agency: United States Marine Corps Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: An agency properly rejected the protester’s proposal where the agency reasonably found that the proposal did not satisfy a material solicitation requirement. General Counsel PC: General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. protested the award to iGov
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Material Terms of an RFP General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Clearly stated RFP requirements are considered material to the needs of the government, and a proposal that fails to conform to such material terms is unacceptable and may not form the basis for award. It
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest that agency improperly found proposal unacceptable is denied where record shows that proposal never demonstrated–initially, during discussions, or in final proposal revision–compliance with material solicitation requirement. 2. Protest that agency misled protester during discussions is denied where there was
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Interior Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that an agency’s inclusion of data rights requirements in the solicitation’s evaluation scheme precluded an agency determination that the protester’s proposal was unacceptable on the basis that it took exception to those requirements is denied where the data rights requirements
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protester’s proposal submitted in response to a solicitation issued by the Coast Guard for Fast Response Cutters, B-Class (FRC-B) was reasonably evaluated under an evaluation subfactor as “unsatisfactory,” and subsequently determined to be ineligible for award, where the “unsatisfactory” rating was
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Energy Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency reasonably evaluated and rejected the protester’s quotation as technically unacceptable where the protester submitted an ambiguous quotation that failed to comply with a material specification requirement in the solicitation. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: 4D challenges the evaluation and rejection of its