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Do You Have the Strength(s) for this Proposal? Bedda Show Me!

  • February 1, 2023
  • Best ValueSource Selection DecisionTechnical Evaluation
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Matter of Tech Marine Business, Inc. Decided: October 14, 2022 Agency: Department of Justice, FBI Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Technical Evaluation; Source Selection Decision; Best Value   Protest Insight This case showcases GAO’s analysis of challenges that an agency failed to properly award a strength or weakness to a proposal. Here, GAO emphasized the importance

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Please, Make My Bid Protesting Day by Not Documenting Your Award Decision.

  • November 17, 2022
  • Best ValueSource Selection DecisionTechnical Evaluation
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Matter of WHR Group, Inc. Decided: August 30, 2022 Agency: Department of Justice, FBI Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Technical Evaluation; Source Selection Decision; Best Value   Protest Insight This case highlights the fact that, often, filing a bid protest is the only way to uncover the improper basis for an award when an Agency does

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Matter of Marquis Solutions, LLC

  • December 6, 2021
  • Best ValueDocumentation of EvaluationSource Selection Decision
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Matter of Marquis Solutions, LLC Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: September 14, 2021 Keywords: Best-Value Tradeoff Basis, Documentation of Evaluation; Source Selection Decision General Counsel, P.C. Protest Insight This protest is notable because it showcases that, although the GAO is highly deferential to Agency evaluations, the GAO does find unreasonable evaluations. 

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Matter of: Fluor Federal Solutions, LLC

  • November 30, 2017
  • Bid Protest DecisionsEvaluation CriteriaProposal EvaluationSource Selection Decision
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Matter of: Fluor Federal Solutions, LLC Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords:  Evaluation Criteria; Proposal Evaluation; Source Selection Decision Decided: January 18, 2017 Released: November 20, 2017 General Counsel P.C. Highlight:   Proposal evaluation and source selection decisions must be consistent between offerors.  When the record shows disparate evaluation and the protester is

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Matter of: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

  • June 7, 2017
  • Meaningful DiscussionsSource Selection DecisionUnstated Evaluation Criteria
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Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: May 1, 2017 General Counsel P.C. Highlight:    While the source selection advisory council’s (SSAC) report can assist the source selection authority (SSA), the SSA is not bound by the recommendation of the SSAC, provided the SSA’s decision is reasonable, consistent with evaluation criteria, and adequately

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Phoenix Group of Virginia, Inc., B-407852, March 12, 2013

  • April 10, 2013
  • Best ValueFSS ContractSmall Business Set-AsidesSource Selection Decision
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Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    United States Coast Guard Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Phoenix Group of Virginia, Inc., regarding the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with the McHenry Management Group, under a request for quotations (RFQ), issued by the United States Coast Guard for marine engineering

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Wyle Laboratories, Inc., B-407784, February 19, 2013

  • February 27, 2013
  • Best ValueCost RealismSource Selection DecisionTechnical EvaluationUnequal Treatment of Offerors

Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Navy Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denies the protest of Wyle Laboratories, Inc., based on the issuance of a task order to Imagine One Technology & Management, Ltd., under a task order request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Air

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Building Operations Support Services, LLC, B-407711; B-407711.2, January 28, 2013

  • January 30, 2013
  • Best ValuePast PerformanceRelevancy of Past PerformanceSource Selection DecisionTechnical Evaluation
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Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of Building Operations Support Services (BOSS), LLC, based on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) award of a contract to Chugach Federal Solutions, Inc., under a request for proposals (RFP) for facilities operations and

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The Clay Group, LLC, B-406647, B-406647.2, July 30, 2012

  • August 15, 2012
  • Evaluation CriteriaSolicitation RequirementsSource Selection DecisionTerms of the Solicitation

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

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SGT, Inc., B-405736, B-405736.2, December 27, 2011

  • May 9, 2012
  • Documentation of EvaluationSource Selection AuthoritySource Selection Decision

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: SGT, Inc. Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency misevaluated awardee’s proposal is denied where record shows that agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation’s evaluation scheme. Protest that agency disparately evaluated awardee’s and protester’s proposals is denied where record shows

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