Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: September 13, 2017 Keywords: Evaluations, Proposal Evaluation, Solicitation Requirements, Terms of the Solicitation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Compliance with all terms of the solicitation is absolutely critical to a successful proposal. Failure to address the terms of the solicitation requirements may result in a technically
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS), regarding the award of a contract to HDT Tactical Systems, Inc. (HDT), under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of the Air Force for
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
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of e-Management, based on the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), for enterprise architecture
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of FPM Remediations, Inc., based on the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Army for environmental remediation services. The RFP was issued
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protests denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Nan, Inc. regarding the award of three multiple-award contracts to P&S Construction, Inc., under a request for proposals (RFP), which was issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command for design-build construction
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Kingdomware Technologies, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), based on the issuance of a sole source purchase order by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to LiveProcess Corporation, for emergency communication management software for VA’s
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Security Management and Integration, Inc. (SMI), based on the rejection of its proposal under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Air Force for mess attendant services. The RFP was
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS), based on the award of a contract to National Government Services, Inc. (NGS), under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of Health and Human
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Systems Research and Applications Corporation Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: An agency reasonably evaluated the protester’s proposal under the minimum antiterrorism building standards cited in the solicitation, rather than against later revised standards that were not incorporated; the agency was not required to amend the solicitation after receiving proposals
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Dellew Corporation Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that terms of solicitation for logistical support failed to provide adequate workload data on which offerors could base their proposals is denied where the solicitation’s provision of notional equipment density, percentages of equipment types, and key
Link: GAO Protest Protestor: TMG Construction Corporation Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest arguing that solicitation requirement for top secret facility site clearance at time of award and requirement that contractor be capable of providing “safeguarding” (i.e., classified storage) capability at top secret level should be read together to
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Integrated Science Solutions, Inc. Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that an agency misevaluated the protester’s and awardee’s proposals is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation criteria. General Counsel PC Highlight: Integrated Science Solutions, Inc. (ISSi) protested the award to Earth Resources Technology
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Hi-Tech Bed Systems Corporation Agency: Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency conducting competition among Federal Supply Schedule vendors should have rejected successful vendor’s quotation because, although the vendor’s revised quotation complied with solicitation requirements, the vendor’s initial quotation did not, is
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: The Clay Group, LLC Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s procurement of bathroom paper products is sustained where the record reflects that the evaluation methodology utilized by the agency was inconsistent with the terms of the solicitation relating to the relative importance of
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: XTec, Inc. Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest against evaluation of proposal is denied where the record reasonably supports the agency’s evaluation of the protester’s proposal based on a diagram included in the proposal that reflected that the protester’s technical approach did not satisfy the
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Onsite OHS Agency: Department of Energy Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protester’s contention that the agency improperly failed to consider its proposal is denied where the agency did not receive the proposal due to the protester’s misuse of the FedConnect web portal specified as the method of submission for proposals
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: NSR Solutions, Inc. Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest objecting to exclusion of proposal from competitive range is denied where agency reasonably determined that proposal failed to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of, and sound approach to meeting, solicitation requirements, and thus was unacceptable. General
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: New Tech Solutions, Inc. Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of proposals and selection decision is denied where the record shows that the agency’s evaluation and selection of awardees was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation General Counsel PC
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: InfraMap Corp. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest of agency’s estimate of requirements for underground utility location work is sustained where record shows that agency’s inclusion of a 10% escalation factor for future work did not reasonably encompass significant future work associated with recently-awarded utility
Link:GAO Decision Protestor: Walsh–Atkinson, Joint Venture Agency: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Where protester’s proposal for construction of a tunnel system reserved right to build a construction shaft not contemplated by solicitation, and not consistent with requirements for optional construction shaft specifically authorized by the
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: IBM Global Business Services Agency: Department of the Army, U.S. Special Operations Command Disposition: Protest Sustained. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest that agency evaluated proposals using an unstated evaluation consideration is sustained where record shows that agency gave awardee (but not protester) evaluation credit for proposing to achieve full operating capability
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest sustained. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency unreasonably rejected protester’s bid for not meeting solicitation requirements is sustained, where invitation for bids did not restrict bids to specific types of chillers or refrigerants and record does not support that agency reasonably considered protester’s bid. General
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s evaluation and rejection of proposal as technically unacceptable is denied where the record reflects that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Freedom Systems challenges the various weaknesses and
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Technical Requirements General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Agencies may reasonably rely on the accuracy of information provided by an offeror in its proposal. —————————————————————————————————————————– GAO denied the protest of Beckman Coulter, Inc. regarding the issuance of a delivery order, under a request
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protests denied. Keywords: RFP Requirements General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Where a dispute exists as to the actual meaning of a solicitation requirement, GAO resolves the issue by reading the solicitation as a whole. To be reasonable, an interpretation must be consistent with the solicitation when read
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Solicitation requirement General Counsel, P.C. Highlight: In a challenge to the terms of a solicitation as overly restrictive of competition, where a solicitation requirement relates to national defense or human safety, an agency has the discretion to define solicitation requirements to achieve not
Link: GAO Opinion Agencies: Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Practicable alternative; Solicitation requirements —————————————————————————————————————————– Port of Bellingham, Washington, protested the award of a lease by the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to Port of Newport, Oregon, pursuant to a solicitation for offers (SFO)
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of a proposal for a hotel for use by applicants to a Military Entrance Processing Station as unsatisfactory because the proposed facility was located too far from the airport to meet the solicitation’s timeframes for picking
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Health & Human Services Disposition: Protest denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________a GAO Digest: Agency reasonably found that awardee’s proposal complied with solicitation provision calling for nearby performance facility, even though it proposed to have only management personnel at that facility, where solicitation only required management–not all–personnel to be located at nearby facility.
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest sustained. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest against solicitation requirement that telecommunications equipment be certified by the Joint Interoperability Test Command at the time of submission of quotations is sustained where the record does not establish that the requirement for such certification at the time of quotation