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Matter of Alliant Solutions, LLC

  • May 24, 2018
  • Contract ModificationsTask Orders
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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)

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ValidaTek, Inc., B-407623, January 17, 2013

  • February 6, 2013
  • Price RealismTask Orders
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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

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Mission Essential Personnel, LLC, B-407474; B-407493, January 7, 2013

  • February 6, 2013
  • DiscussionsTask Orders
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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

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Environment International Ltd., B-407705, January 28, 2013

  • January 31, 2013
  • Experience of ContractorProposal EvaluationTask Orders
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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

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The Ross Group Construction Corporation – Request for Modification of Remedy, B-405180.3, August 7, 2012

  • August 15, 2012
  • Bid and Proposal CostsSmall Business Set-AsidesTask Orders

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

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Cygnus Corporation, B-406350, B-406350.2, April 11, 2012

  • May 23, 2012
  • Requirements ContractTask Orders

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

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Kevcon, Inc., B-406418, March 7, 2012

  • March 14, 2012
  • Task Orders

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

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Serco Inc., B-406061.1, B-406061.2, February 1, 2012

  • February 22, 2012
  • Bid Protest JurisdictionClarificationsTask Orders

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

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Innovative Technologies Corporation, B-401689; B-401689.2; B-401689.3, November 9, 2009

  • February 22, 2012
  • Incumbent StatusPrice RealismTask OrdersTimeliness of Protest

Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Justice Disposition:  Protest denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Protest of alleged improprieties apparent on face of task order solicitation, filed after issuance of the task order, is dismissed as untimely under GAO’s Bid Protest Regulations. 2. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the competitors’ proposals, based primarily on the

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General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., B-406030, B-406030.3, January 25, 2012

  • February 22, 2012
  • Best ValueTask OrdersTechnical Evaluation

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. Agency: National Archives and Records Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency’s evaluation of quotations and its selection of a lower-rated, lower-priced quotation for issuance of a task order, in a procurement where technical considerations were more important than price, were unobjectionable where the evaluation

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Delta Building Services, Inc., B-405327.2; B-405327.3, October 21, 2011

  • January 23, 2012
  • Cost-Technical Trade-OffFSS ContractPast PerformanceTask Orders

Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    General Services Administration Disposition:  Protest denied. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________  GAO Digest: Protest against issuance of task order is denied where the agency record of its evaluation of quotations was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation, and the contracting officer appropriately documented the evaluation and best value tradeoff consistent with the

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Ironclad Services, Inc., B-406037, January 11, 2012

  • January 23, 2012
  • CVESDVOSB Set-AsidesTask OrdersVeterans First

Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition:  Protest sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________  GAO Digest:  1. Protest that the Department of Veterans Affairs is required to expedite its review of an apparent successful offeror’s application for status verification as a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business concern is denied, where the solicitation did not provide for such an

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Technatomy Corporation, B-405130, June 14, 2011

  • June 29, 2011
  • Task Orders

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Request for dismissal denied. Keywords: Task Order Protest General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO’s jurisdiction to hear protests concerning task or delivery orders under ID/IQ contracts valued in excess of $10 million was authorized under 41 U.S.C. § 253j, but that this authority expired on May 27, 2011, when

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Qwest Government Services, Inc., B-404845, March 25, 2011

  • May 4, 2011
  • Task OrdersTerms of the Solicitation

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest dismissed. Keywords: Terms of the Solicitation/Quotation; Task Order Protest General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO has jurisdiction to entertain protests in connection with the issuance or proposed issuance of a task or delivery order only if the order has a value in excess of $10,000,000. —————————————————————————————————————————– Qwest

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U.S. Bank, B-404169.3, February 15, 2011

  • February 24, 2011
  • Protest JurisdictionTask Orders

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest dismissed Keywords: Protest Jurisdiction; Task Orders General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO does not have jurisdiction to consider a protest of an ID/IQ task or delivery order except where the protester alleges that the task order is beyond the scope, period, or maximum value of the ID/IQ contract under

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California Industrial Facilities Resources, Inc., B-403421; B-403421.2; B-403766; B-403788, November 5, 2010

  • December 2, 2010
  • Task Orders

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition: Protests denied. Keywords: Task Order Protest General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO is authorized to hear protests of task orders that are issued under multiple-award contracts (or protests of the solicitations for those task orders) where the task order is valued in excess of $10 million, or where the

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Imagine One Technology & Management, Ltd., B-401503.4, August 13, 2010

  • November 11, 2010
  • DiscussionsTask Orders

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Task Orders; Discussions General Counsel P.C. Highlight: As a general rule, FAR Part 15 procedures do not govern task and delivery order competitions conducted under FAR Part 16. GAO will review such task order competitions to ensure that the competition is conducted in accordance

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Florida State College at Jacksonville, B-402656, June 24, 2010

  • July 15, 2010
  • ID/IQTask Orders

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Task Orders; ID/IQ contracts General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO is authorized to hear protests of task orders that are issued under multiple-award contracts where the protester asserts that the task order increases the scope of the contract under which the order is issued. —————————————————————————————————————————–

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DynCorp International, LLC, B-402349, March 15, 2010

  • March 24, 2010
  • ID/IQTask Orders

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: Task order request for proposal; Indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts General Counsel P.C. Highlight: An agency may not issue a task order that is outside the scope of the original ID/IQ contract. The fact that there may be some small overlap in the services in the

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A&T Systems, Inc., B-401701, B-401701.2, November 12, 2009

  • February 17, 2010
  • Task Orders

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Task orders General Counsel P.C. Highlight: It is the offeror’s burden to submit a proposal that is adequately written and establishes the merits of its proposal, and if the offeror does not do so it runs the risk that elements and concepts of

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ESCO Marine, Inc., B-401438, September 4, 2009

  • December 8, 2009
  • Financial ResponsibilityTask Orders

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest sustained in part and denied in part. Keywords: Financial responsibility; Task order jurisdiction —————————————————————————————————————————– ESCO Marine, Inc (ESCO) protested the issuance of a task order to International Shipbreaking Limited LLC (ISL), under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval

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ESCO Marine, Inc., B-401438, September 4, 2009

  • September 4, 2009
  • Protest JurisdictionTask Orders

Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Navy Disposition:  Protest sustained in part, denied in part. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Where, in connection with task order for dismantling ships, offerors are required to sell the scrap resulting from the ship dismantling, are permitted to retain the scrap sale proceeds, and are required to offset their

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e-Management Consultants, Inc.; Centech Group, Inc., B-400585.2; B-400585.3, February 3, 2009

  • February 3, 2009
  • Bid Protest JurisdictionCancellation of a SolicitationTask Orders

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Transportation Disposition: Protests denied in part and dismissed in part. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency reasonably cancelled solicitation based on concerns, supported by the record, that the primary author of the solicitation’s statement of work and evaluation factors had a conflict of interest with regard to one offeror. GAO is

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