Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Overly restrictive terms; Protest of Terms of the Solicitation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Agencies enjoy broad discretion in the selection of evaluation criteria, and GAO will not object to the use of particular evaluation criteria so long as they reasonably relate to the agency’s
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Protest of terms of the solicitation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: In preparing a solicitation, a contracting agency is required to specify its needs in a manner designed to achieve full and open competition, and may include restrictive requirements only to the extent they are necessary
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Protest the terms of a solicitation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: In preparing a solicitation, a contracting agency is required to specify its needs in a manner designed to achieve full and open competition and may include restrictive requirements only to the extent they are necessary to
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Navy Disposition: Protest dismissed. Keywords: Timely Filing; Protest of Terms of the Solicitation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Any protest challenging the terms of a solicitation must be filed prior to the time for receipt of proposals. —————————————————————————————————————————– Baldt, Inc. (Baldt) protests the award of a contract, under a request for
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Agriculture Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Protesting the Terms of a Solicitation; Best Value General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An agency has the discretion to determine its needs and the best way to meet them, including broad discretion in selecting evaluation criteria. —————————————————————————————————————————– In a request for quotations (RFQ) by the Department