Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of HK Consulting, Inc., (HK) based on the terms of a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Air Force for services to support the United States Pacific Command’s military exercises. The
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Ceradyne, Inc. Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is denied where protester fails to demonstrate that agency’s statistical testing methodology unreasonably restricts competition. General Counsel PC Highlight: Ceradyne, Inc. protested the terms of an RFP for lightweight advanced combat helmets. The RFP contemplated the award of
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging solicitation requirement for topside processor in acoustic hydrographic multibeam system as restrictive of competition is denied where agency demonstrates a reasonable basis for the requirement. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: The protester argues that the requirement that the processors be
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Set-aside; Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA); invited contractor General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An agency must comply with the terms international agreements in its acquisition. —————————————————————————————————————————– GAO denied the protest of J&J Maintenance, Inc., (J&J) based on the terms of a request for proposals
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Agriculture Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Unduly restrictive RFP terms; national security; human safety General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Where a protester challenges specifications in an RFP as unduly restrictive of competition, GAO will review the record to determine whether the restrictions imposed are reasonably related to the agency’s needs. Where a
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: Overly restrictive requirements General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Where a protester challenges an RFP requirement as unduly restrictive of competition, the procuring agency has the responsibility of establishing that the specification is reasonably necessary to meet its needs. GAO determines whether is justified in imposing the
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Bid restrictions; Cancellation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An Agency is free to cancel an IFB, even after bid opening, where the Agency determines that the IFB is overly restrictive and that the agency could enhance competition by loosening the restrictions and still meet
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protests denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protests that two solicitations for radomes, which limit competition to vendors that are eligible for waiver of first article testing, unduly restrict competition are denied, where the agency has reasonably demonstrated that waiver is necessary to fulfill its urgent requirement for radomes;
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that specification requirement for lock-ring, demountable flange wheel design as part of retrofit systems for C-130 aircraft unduly restricts competition, improperly precluding protester from offering a tie-bolt, split-rim wheel design, is denied where agency reasonably determined that tie-bolt wheel will require
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that solicitation requirement for Aerial Remotely Piloted Vehicle Target System including scoring hardware and services is unduly restrictive is denied where record established that the requirements were reasonably designed to ensure that the agency’s actual needs would be met, and
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Past performance provision in solicitation that limits past performance references to those performed within the past 3 years is consistent with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 15.305(a)(2)(i), which requires that the currency of past performance be evaluated, and is not