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
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
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
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
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
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: 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
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: UnitedHealth Military & Veterans Services, LLC Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency misevaluated awardee’s proposal and made an unreasonable source selection decision is denied where record shows that agency’s evaluation and source selection was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protests denied. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest that the agency failed to consider both the variety and quantity of amenities offered under the access to amenities subfactor in a lease procurement is denied, where the variety and quantity of amenities was reasonably considered in the agency’s evaluation
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Source Selection Decision General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Source selection decisions must be documented, and include the rationale and any business judgments and tradeoffs made or relied upon by the SSA. —————————————————————————————————————————– Terex Government Programs protests the award of a contract to Kalmar RT Center
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protests sustained. Keywords: Source Selection Decision General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Source selection officials may reasonably disagree with the ratings and recommendations of evaluators, but they are nonetheless bound by the fundamental requirement that their independent judgments be reasonable, consistent with the stated evaluation scheme, and adequately documented. —————————————————————————————————————————–
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Bid Protest Jurisdiction; Source Selection Decision General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A source selection decision must be in writing and made in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. Without such a written determination, the decision is considered to be unreasonable and arbitrary. —————————————————————————————————————————– Biblia, Inc. (Biblia),
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency evaluation and source selection decision were flawed where agency made award to higher-rated, significantly higher-priced offeror is denied where record shows that evaluation and source selection decision were reasonable and in accordance with stated evaluation criteria. General Counsel