Matter of: PAE National Security Solutions, LLC Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: May 19, 2021 Keywords: Attorney’s Fees, Best Value, Bid and Proposal Costs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluations, Experience Requirement, Key Personnel, Remedies, Resumes, Task Orders, Technical Evaluation, Unequal Treatment of Offerors, Unstated Evaluation Criteria General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Protest sustained where the
Matter of: Verizon Business Network Services, Inc. Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Denied Decided: April 26, 2021 Keywords: Timeliness of Protest, Task Order, Discussions, Technical Evaluation General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Protest dismissed where the protester filed a second protest, after the agency took corrective action, with alleging a new basis for protest that
Matter of Alliant Solutions, LLC Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: May 14, 2018 Released: May 24, 2018 Keywords: Task Orders, Contract Modifications General Counsel P.C. Highlight: A contract modification via a technical direction letter may not include tasks beyond the scope of a task order. Summary of Facts Alliant Solutions, LLC (Alliant)
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of State Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of ValidaTek, Inc., based on the Department of State’s (DOS) issuance of a task order to Zolon Tech, Inc., under a request for proposals (RFP) for information technology support services. Participation in the competition was restricted to
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protests sustained. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO sustained the protests of Mission Essential Personnel, LLC (MEP), regarding the issuance of two task orders to L-3 STRATIS, under a task order request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of the Army, to acquire intelligence support services
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Interior Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Environment International Ltd. (EI), regarding the award of a task order to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), by the National Parks Service (NPS), Department of the Interior under a request for quotations (RFQ) for environmental
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: The Ross Group Construction Corporation Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Request Denied. _________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Request that an agency reimburse protester for proposal preparation costs is denied where the agency acted within its discretion to require re-certification of small business size status when requesting task order proposals under a small
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Cygnus Corporation Agency: National Institutes of Health Disposition: Protest Denied in part, Dismissed in part. _________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that task orders for scientific, professional and technical support services were outside the scope of a requirements contract is denied where the contract’s statement of work and illustrative labor categories reasonably identified
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Kevcon, Inc. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Dismissed. ______________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Challenge to the protester’s exclusion from a task order competition conducted under Title 41 of the U.S. Code is dismissed where the task order is valued at less than $10 million. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Kevcon, Inc. protested
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Serco Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. ______________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. For purpose of determining GAO jurisdiction over challenge to award of task order, value of option to extend services under clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation § 52.217-8 is included in task order value where value of option