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Material Misrepresentation – A Hard Lesson to Learn

  • April 11, 2022
  • Material MisrepresentationUnequal Treatment of Offerors
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Matter of Insight Technology Solutions, Inc. Decided: December 20, 2021 Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Material Misrepresentation; Unequal Treatment of Offerors   Protest Insight This proposal shows the stark consequences resulting in the misrepresentation by an offeror, particularly if the agency relied upon the misrepresentation and it had a significant impact

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Matter of: PAE National Security Solutions, LLC

  • July 22, 2021
  • Attorney's FeesBest ValueBid and Proposal CostsEvaluation CriteriaEvaluationsExperience RequirementKey PersonnelRemediesResumesTask OrdersTechnical EvaluationUnequal Treatment of OfferorsUnstated Evaluation Criteria
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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

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Unispec Enterprises, Inc., B-407937; B-407937.2, April 16, 2013

  • May 8, 2013
  • Past PerformanceTechnical EvaluationUnequal Treatment of Offerors
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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 Unispec Enterprises, Inc., based on the award of a contract to Wichita Tribal Enterprises, LLC, under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), for institutional support services

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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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Department of the Navy–Reconsideration, B-405664.3, May 17, 2012

  • February 27, 2013
  • ReconsiderationUnequal Treatment of OfferorsUnstated Evaluation Criteria

Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Navy Disposition:  Request denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denies the request of the Department of the Navy for reconsideration of its decision in BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Inc., B-405664; B-405664.2, Dec. 12, 2011, in which GAO sustained BAE’s protest against the award of a contract to

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CWTSatoTravel, B-404479.3, B-404479.4, September 24, 2012

  • October 17, 2012
  • Misleading DiscussionsProposal EvaluationUnequal Treatment of Offerors

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: CWTSatoTravel Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency unreasonably and unequally evaluated proposals is denied where record reflects that evaluation was reasonable and consistent with solicitation’s evaluation criteria and that differences in offerors’ evaluation findings did not result from unequal treatment. Protest that discussions were

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Ahtna Support and Training Services, LLC, B-400947.2, May 15, 2009

  • May 15, 2009
  • Experience of ContractorUnequal Treatment of Offerors

Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest sustained. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is sustained where the agency evaluated the awardee and the protester unequally by crediting the awardee with the experience of its subcontractor, but not similarly crediting the protester with the experience of its subcontractor, even though the agency viewed both

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