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Bid Protests
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Selection of lower-rated,
lower-priced proposal. See Metro
Productions Government Services, LLC B-416203, B-416203.2: Jul
6, 2018.
(July 17, 2018)
Timlieness, last minute protest, Electronic
Protest Docketing System. See
CWIS, LLC
B-416544: Jul 12, 2018.
(July 16, 2018)
Agency response to
initial debriefing questions and second debriefing questions,
enhanced debriefing rules, GAO's debriefing rules. See
State Women Corporation B-416510: Jul 12,
2018.
(July 16, 2018)
Intervening in bid protest,
right to intervene,
permissive intervention.
See
KGL
Food Service, WLL v. U. S. and ANHAM FZCO, No. 18-823C, July 13,
2018.
(July 16, 2018)Evaluators' scoring error.
See
VariQ
Corporation B-414650.11, B-414650.15: May 30, 2018.
(July 9, 2018)
Restrictive requirement, facility clearance. See
Management
and Technical Services Alliance Joint Venture B-416239: Jun 25,
2018.
(July 2, 2018)
Unequal access OCI. See
Dell Services Federal Government, Inc.
B-414461.3, B-414461.4, B-414461.5: Jun 19, 2018.
(June 28, 2018)
Corrective action, ambiguity, best value or
lowest price technically acceptable. See
URTruckBroker Corporation B-416249.2: Jun
21, 2018.
(June 26, 2018)
Timeliness, agency level protest,
debriefing exception. See
Impact Resources, Inc. B-416093: Jun 11, 2018.
(June 21, 2018)
Reevaluation. See
Immersion
Consulting, LLC B-415155.4, B-415155.5: May 18, 2018.
(June 20, 2018)
Evaluation factors, unstated criteria.
See
EFS
Ebrex SARL B-416076: Jun 4, 2018.
(June 18, 2018)
Past performance, subcontractor role
diminished, effect of reduced subcontractor effort. See
360 IT
Integrated Solutions B-414650.7, B-414650.12: May 18, 2018.
(June 13, 2018)
Past performance, evaluators scoring.
See Ace Info
Solutions, Inc. B-414650.10, B-414650.14: May 21, 2018.
(June 12, 2018)
Experience, parent, affiliate,
subcontractor. See
ANHAM FZCO
B-415969, B-415969.3, B-415969.5: May 8, 2018..
(June 11, 2018)
Exclusion for organizational conflict of
interest, innuendo,
possibility. See
Archimedes Global, Inc. B-415886.2: Jun 1, 2018.
(June 7, 2018)
Use of other transaction authority.
See
Oracle
America, Inc. B-416061: May 31, 2018.
(June
6, 2018)
Cancellation of solicitation,
agency need. See Computer
World Services Corporation B-416042: May 22, 2018.
(June
5, 2018)
Unequal access to information,
private dispute between private
parties. See Management Sciences for
Health B-416041, B-416041.2: May 25, 2018.
(June
4, 2018) Beyond the scope. See Alliant
Solutions, LLC B-415994, B-415994.2: May 14, 2018.
(May 25, 2018)
Protester's different arguments as
intervenor and protester. See
DZSP 21, LLC B-410486.10: Jan 10, 2018.
(May
24, 2018)
FAR § 6.302-1(d)(2), consideration of capability
statements. See Career Systems
Development Corporation B-411346.11, B-411346.12, B-416021,
B-416021.2: May 18, 2018.
(May
24, 2018)
Failure to state legal
grounds of protest. See American
Relocation Connections, LLC B-416035: May 18, 2018.
(May
23, 2018)
Organizational conflict of interest.
See ARES Technical
Services Corporation B-415081.2, B-415081.3: May 8, 2018.
(May
17, 2018)
Costs,
intertwined and interrelated
clearly meritorious protests. See
Auxilio FPM JV, LLC--Costs B-415215.4: Apr
27, 2018.
(May
10, 2018)
Affirmative responsibility determination.
See
CASS Professional
Services Corp. B-415941, B-415941.2: Apr 27, 2018.
(May
8, 2018)
Tradeoff decision. See
Dynaxys LLC B-414459.4: Apr 18, 2018.
(May
7, 2018)
Late bid, withdrawal of bid. See
Williams Building Company, Inc.
B-415317.3: Apr 12, 2018.
(May
7, 2018)
Past performance, relevance.
See
Veteran
National Transportation, LLC B-415696.2, B-415696.3: Apr
16, 2018.
(May 1, 2018)
Agency’s technical evaluation,
use of
ordinary meaning of “effectiveness.”
See
Xenex
Disinfection Services, LLC B-415897, B-415898: Apr 17,
2018.
(April
25, 2018)
Procurement Integrity Act, disclosure
of bid or proposal information. See
AlliantCorps, LLC B-415744.2: Apr
4, 2018.
(April
25, 2018)
Cost realism analysis, ambiguity,
timeliness. See Planned
Systems International, Inc. B-413028.5: Feb 21, 2018.
(April
23, 2018)
SSA's evaluation differs from
SSEB's evaluation. See
PiperCoughlin,
LLC B-414352.2: Apr 17, 2018.
(April 19, 2018)
DVA,
SDVOSB or VOSB set-aside,
ICGE,
fair and reasonable price.
See
Crosstown Courier Service, Inc.
B-415818: Mar 27, 2018.
(April 17, 2018)
Costs, corrective action, clearly
meritorious, undue delay in taking corrective action. See
HESCO Bastion Ltd.--Costs
B-415526.3: Apr 3, 2018.
(April 12, 2018)
Adjustments to cost
proposal. See
Oak Grove
Technologies, LLC B-415772, B-415772.2: Mar 15, 2018.
(April 9, 2018)
Unbalanced pricing, risk.
See
Crawford
RealStreet Joint Venture B-415193.2, B-415193.3: Apr 2,
2018.
(April 6, 2018)
Award to
higher-rated, higher-priced proposal. See
Pacific-Gulf Marine, Inc. B-415375,
B-415375.2: Jan 2, 2018.
(April 6, 2018)
Costs,
delay in corrective action, meritorious versus
clearly meritorious protest. See
Herren Associates, Inc.--Costs
B-414792.4: Nov 21, 2017.
(April 5, 2018)
Brand name item.
See
See
Savannah Cleaning Systems, Inc.
B-415817: Mar 27, 2018.
(March 29, 2018)
Non-Federal Supply Schedule items.
See
Scope Infotech,
Inc. B-414782.4, B-414782.5: Mar 22, 2018.
(March 28, 2018)
Phase 1 of two-phase
design-build, evaluation of price proposals. See
Intercontinental Construction
Contracting, Inc. B-415040, B-415040.2, B-415041,
B-415041.2: Nov 8, 2017.
(March 23, 2018)
Interested party, offeror's name
change, merger. See
Enterprise Services LLC B-415517,
B-415517.2: Jan 18, 2018.
(March 21, 2018)
Cost realism analysis, upward revision
of proposed cost. See
ORBIS Sibro, Inc. B-415714, B-415714.2:
Feb 26, 2018.
(March 16, 2018)
Task order, beyond the scope. See
Western
Pilot Service; Aerial Timber Applicators, Inc.; Evergreen Flying
Services, Inc.; G.B. Aerial Applications, Inc. B-415732,
B-415732.2, B-415732.3, B-415732.4: Mar 6, 2018.
(March 15, 2018)
Protester's response to
agency report, protester
abandoned protest.
See
Yang Enterprises, Inc. B-415923:
Mar 12, 2018.
(March 14, 2018)
Costs, corrective action. See
Innovative Technologies,
Inc.--Costs B-415810.3: Mar 12, 2018.
(March 13, 2018)
No past performance evaluation. See
Data Monitor Systems, Inc. B-415761: Mar
6, 2018.
(March
8, 2018)
Duty to seek clarifications or discussions.
See
First
Financial Associates, Inc. B-415713, B-415713.2: Feb 16, 2018.
(March
2, 2018)
Late proposal. See
National Beef
Packing Co. LLC B-415754, B-415773: Feb 16, 2018.
(February 28, 2018)
Award to lower-rated, lower-priced proposal. See
Democracy International, Inc. B-415243,
B-415243.2: Dec 13, 2017.
(February 28, 2018)
Technical evaluation, evaluation of viability of offerors'
technical approach.
See Savannah
River Technology & Remediation, LLC; Fluor Westinghouse
Liquid Waste Services, LLC B-415637, B-415637.2,
B-415637.3, B-415637.4, B-415637.5, B-415637.6,
B-415637.7: Feb 8, 2018.
(February 26, 2018)
Jurisdiction, management and
operating contractor, subcontract. See
Peter Vander Werff Construction,
Inc. B-415676: Feb 6, 2018.
(February 23, 2018)
Unequal evaluation of quotation.
Transworld
Systems, Inc.; Account Control Technology, Inc.
B-414090.13, B-414090.14, B-414090.15, B-414090.16: Dec
22, 2017.
(February 22, 2018)
Trade-off decision, documentation.
See ManTech
Advanced Systems International, Inc. B-415497: Jan 18,
2018.
(February 22, 2018)
Misrepresentation. See
CSI
Aviation, Inc. B-415631, B-415631.3, B-415631.4: Feb 7,
2018.
(February 20, 2018)
Agency corrective action, agency
decision on the scope of proposal revisions.
See
Castro & Company, LLC B-415508.4:
Feb 13, 2018.
(February
15, 2018)
Evaluation of task order proposals.
See BAE Systems Technology
Solutions & Services, Inc. B-414931.2, B-414931.3: Dec 20,
2017.
(February
15, 2018)
Blanket Purchase Agreement,
on-ramp procedures. See Al
Baz 2000 General Trading & Contracting Company W.L.L.
B-415353.5: Feb 12, 2018.
(February
14, 2018)
Jurisdiction, Federal Finance Housing Agency's
conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. See
S. E. James & Company B-415733:
Feb 7, 2018.
(February
14, 2018)
Latent ambiguity. See
Harper
Construction Company, Inc. B-415042, B-415042.2: Nov 7,
2017.
(February 8, 2018)
Price analysis, price realism.
See
Kiewit
Infrastructure West Co. B-415421, B-415421.2: Dec 28, 2017.
(February 7, 2018)
Meaningful discussions. See
General
Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. B-415568,
B-415568.2: Jan 25, 2018.
(February 7, 2018)
Patent ambiguity.
See
Office Design
Group B-415411: Jan 3, 2018.
(February 6, 2018)
RFQ exception to the late proposal
rule. See
PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector, LLP
B-415504,B-415504.2: Jan 18, 2018.
(January 30, 2018)
Select of higher-rated, higher-priced
quotation. See Superlative
Technologies, Inc.; Atlantic Systems Group, Inc. B-415405,
B-415405.2, B-415405.3, B-415405.4, B-415405.5: Jan 5,
2018.
(January 30, 2018)
Clarifications, task order
procurement. See
SOC LLC
B-415460.2, B-415460.3: Jan 8, 2018.
(January 25, 2018)
Agency requirements change after a
solicitation has been issued,
material changes. See
Occam
Solutions, Inc. B-415422, B-415422.2: Jan 9, 2018.
(January 19, 2018)
Past performance, neutral rating,
past relevant performance of proposed
management personnel. See East
Coast Utility Contractors, Ltd. B-415493, B-415493.2: Jan 16, 2018.
(January 18, 2018)
GSA Federal Supply Schedule, BPAs, task
orders, discounts. See
Red River
Computer Company, Inc.; MIS Sciences Corporation B-414183.8,
B-414183.9, B-414183.10, B-414183.11, B-414183.12, B-414183.13: Dec
22, 2017.
(January 18, 2018)
Mistake in bid, raised price. See
Herman Construction Group, Inc.
B-415480: Jan 5, 2018.
(January 15, 2018)
Use of net monetized opportunity cost
benefit value calculation in evaluating proposals. See
DynCorp International LLC B-415349: Jan 3,
2018.
(January 15, 2018)
Requirement written to conform to
firm's proposal. See Navarre Corporation
B-414505.4: Jan 4, 2018.
(January 8, 2018)
Evaluator scoring. See
AdvanceMed
Corporation B-415360, B-415360.2, B-415360.3: Dec 19, 2017.
(January 8, 2018)
Meaning of solicitation language.
See ACADEMI Training Center, LLC
dba Constellis B-415416: Dec 18, 2017.
(January 4, 2018)
Exception to the use of competitive procedures, highly
specialized equipment. See FN
America, LLC B-415261, B-415261.2: Dec 12, 2017.
(December
22,
2017)
Past performance, contacting past
performance references. See Government and Military
Certification Systems, Inc. B-414740.5: Dec 19, 2017.
(December
21,
2017)
Price analysis.
See
AbacusSecure,
LLC B-415175, B-415175.2, B-415175.3, B-415175.4: Dec 6, 2017.
(December
13, 2017)
Exceeding page limit in
solicitation.
ENSCO, Inc.;
PAE National Security Solutions LLC B-414844, B-414844.2,
B-414844.3: Oct 2, 2017.
(December
12, 2017)
FAR subpart 8.4 procurement that requires a statement of
work. See Immersion Consulting, LLC
B-415155,B-415155.2: Dec 4, 2017.
(December
11, 2017)
Javits-Wagner-O'Day
Act. See
Goodwill Industries of the Valleys; SourceAmerica B-415137: Nov 29,
2017.
(December
7, 2017)
Past performance, termination for
cause, affiliate. See
Language
Select LLP, dba United Language Group B-415097, B-415097.2: Nov 14,
2017.
(December
6, 2017)
Organizational conflict of interest. See
AdvanceMed
Corporation B-415062, B-415062.2: Nov 17, 2017.
(December
5, 2017)
Acceptance into 8(a) program, adverse
impact analysis. See SKC, LLC
B-415151: Nov 20, 2017.
(December
4,
2017)
Restrictive requirement. See
APRO
International B-415149.2: Nov 29, 2017.
(December
4,
2017)
Why was higher-rated quotation not
worth a price premium? See
Protection Strategies, Inc. B-414648.2, B-414648.3: Nov
20, 2017.
(December
4,
2017)
Incoherent Pleadings
and Irrelevant Documents,
Derogatory and Abusive
Material,
2-year suspension,
dismissal of pending protests. See
Latvian Connection
LLC--Reconsideration B-415043.3: Nov 29, 2017.
(December
1,
2017)
Past performance, corrective
actions. See
DynCorp
International LLC B-414647.2,B-414647.3: Nov 1, 2017.
(November
28,
2017)
Agency evaluated the offerors disparately.
See
Fluor Federal Solutions, LLC
B-410486.9: Jan 18, 2017.
(November 22, 2017)
Agency evaluated the offerors disparately.
See
Fluor Federal Solutions, LLC
B-410486.9: Jan 18, 2017.
(November 22, 2017)
Costs, corrective action, clearly meritorious protes.
See
Protection Strategies, Inc.
B-414573.3: Nov 9, 2017.
(November 15, 2017)
Failure to provide an adequate basis
for protest. See
Akima Support Operations, LLC B-415401,
B-415401.2: Oct 30, 2017.
(November
9,
2017)
Jurisdiction, Federal Agency, United States Mint.
See
A-Z Cleaning Solutions B-415228:
Nov 6, 2017.
(November
8,
2017)
Material amendment. See
Nu-Way Security and Investigative Services, Inc.
B-414988.2: Oct 20, 2017.
(November
6,
2017)
Misleading and Unequal Discussions.
See
AT&T
Corporation B-414886, B-414886.2, B-414886.3: Oct 5, 2017.
(November
3,
2017)
Cost realism evaluation,
realistic costs for the work to be
performed. See
ANHAM FZCO
B-414770,B-414770.2, B-414770.3: Sep 14, 2017.
(October
31,
2017)
Adequacy of contractor’s accounting system.
See
FreeAlliance.com, LLC v. U. S., No. 17-787C, October 27, 2017.
(October
30,
2017)
Labor law, Letter of intent, arbitration
agreement. See
L3
Unidyne, Inc. B-414902, B-414902.2, B-414902.3: Oct 16, 2017.
(October
26,
2017)
Proposal rejected, submitted to e-mail address,
server proposal rejected by agency server, server did not notify offeror
of rejection. See
ManTech
Advanced Systems International, Inc. B-414985: Oct 20, 2017.
(October
26,
2017)
Conflict of interest,
appearance of a conflict of interest in Government-contractor
relationships. See
Northrop Grumman
Systems Corporation B-412278.7, B-412278.8: Oct 4, 2017.
(October
20,
2017)
Set aside for small businesses, waiver of
nonmanufacturer rule. See
AeroSage, LLC
B-414917: Oct 17, 2017.
(October
19,
2017)
Source selection decision. See
MSN Services,
LLC B-414900, B-414900.2, B-414900.3, B-414900.4: Oct 4, 2017.
(October
16,
2017)
Price analysis.
See
Centerra
Group, LLC B-414800, B-414800.2: Sep 21, 2017.
(October
13,
2017)
Proposal evaluation must be
consistent with evaluation criteria.
See
McCann-Erickson USA, Inc. B-414787: Sep 18, 2017.
(October
4, 2017)
Awardee failed to meet material
requirements of the solicitation. See
CR/ZWS LLC B-414766, B-414766.2:
Sep 13, 2017.
(October
2,
2017)
Costs, corrective action,
ADR outcome prediction conference call. See
Herai Alpha Construction--Costs
B-414558.2: Sep 26, 2017.
(October
2,
2017)
Offerors' understanding of the
solicitation requirements,
discussions. See
Centerra Group, LLC B-414768,
B-414768.2: Sep 11, 2017.
(September
25,
2017)
Outside the scope of GSA schedule
contract. See Bluewater
Management Group, LLC B-414785: Sep 18, 2017.
(September
22,
2017)
Source Selection Authority’s
selection decision. See The Arcanum Group, Inc.
B-413682.2, B-413682.3: Mar 29, 2017.
(September
18,
2017)
Source Selection Authority’s
selection decision. See The Arcanum Group,
Inc. B-413682.2, B-413682.3: Mar 29, 2017.
(September
18,
2017)Small buisiness set-aside. Rule-of-two,
sole-source. See Synchrogenix Information
Strategies, LLC B-414068.4: Sep 8, 2017.
(September
14,
2017)Certificate of Competency. See
Sea Box, Inc. B-414742: Sep 6, 2017.
(September
11,
2017)Jurisdiction, subcontract. See
The Boeing Company; Bombardier,
Inc. B-414706, B-414380.2: Aug 25, 2017. (September 8, 2017)
Incomplete pricing proposal,
clarifications, fair and reasonable price. See FedResults,
Inc. B-414641: Aug 8, 2017.
(September
8,
2017)
Limitation on subcontracting.
See
Crosstown
Courier Service, Inc. B-414752: Sep 1, 2017.
(September 6, 2017)
Responsibility determination, pending bankruptcy.
See SaxmanOne, LLC B-414748, B-414748.3: Aug 22, 2017.
(September 1, 2017)
FAR subpart 8.4 procedures.
See Phoenix Environmental Design,
Inc. B-414743: Aug 30, 2017.
(August
31, 2017)Price reasonableness, estimated
quantities, single line item, unbalanced prices. See
David Jones, CPA PC B-414701: Aug
25, 2017.
(August
28, 2017)
Untimely response to agency report.
See
PennaGroup, LLC B-414840.2,
B-414841.2: Aug 25, 2017.
(August
28, 2017)
Unequal discussions. See
Global Language Center B-413503.8:
Jun 1, 2017.
(August
24, 2017)
Unacceptable quotation,
interpretation, dictionary definition. See
Bluehorse Corporation B-414809: Aug 18, 2017.
(August
22, 2017)
Cancellation of solicitation. See
Henry's Aerial Service, Inc.; Evergreen Flying
Services, Inc. B-414238.7, B-414238.9: Aug 10, 2017.
(August
21, 2017)
Unequal and therefore improper
discussions. See
YWCA of
Greater Los Angeles B-414596, B-414596.2, B-414596.3: Jul
24, 2017.
(August
17, 2017)
Cost realism, cost adjustment.
See Orbital Sciences Corporation
B-414603, B-414603.2: Jul 26, 2017.
(August
15, 2017)
Overeliance on competitor's design. See
Simplex Aerospace B-414566.2: Aug 8, 2017.
(August
10, 2017)
HUBZone set-aside, market
research. See
JRS Staffing Services B-414630, B-414630.2:
Jul 28, 2017.
(August
8, 2017)Small Business, affiliate, economic dependence. See
Veterans Technology, LLC and
MDW Associates, LLC v. U. S. No. 16-1489, August 2, 2017 (August
7, 2017)
Price realism,
time-and-materials. See
HP Enterprise
Services, LLC B-413888.2, B-413888.3, B-413888.4,
B-413888.5: Jun 21, 2017.
(August 4,
2017)Professional Employee
Compensation. See
SURVICE
Engineering Company, LLC B-414519: Jul 5, 2017.
(August 4,
2017)
Government
seeking clarifications. See
Defense Base Services, Inc. B-414591: Jul 12, 2017.
(August 2,
2017)
Meaningful discussions. See
Piton Science and Technology
B-414634: Jul 28, 2017.
(August 1,
2017)
Waiver from nonmanufacturer rule.
See
AeroSage, LLC B-414640,
B-414640.3: Jul 27, 2017.
(July 31,
2017)
Predecessor company, subcontractor,
key personnel. See MLU
Services, Inc. B-414555.3, B-414555.6: Jul 17, 2017.
(July 31,
2017)Cancellation, new competition, or
amend existing solicitation. See RCR
Properties, G.P. B-414590: Jul 21, 2017.
(July 28,
2017)
E-mail proposal not found. See
Ghazanfar
Neft Gas LTD B-414636: Jul 21, 2017
(July 25, 2017)
Brand name or equal. See
Bluehorse Corporation B-414578: Jul
20, 2017.
(July 24, 2017)Interested party. See
MINACT, Inc. B-414615, B-414615.2:
Jul 12, 2017.
(July 17, 2017)
Cancellation of solicitation. See
Tien Walker B-414623.2,
B-414623.3: Jul 10, 2017.
(July 12, 2017)
Government's duty to inquire. See
Valkyrie Enterprises, LLC B-414516: Jun 30,
2017.
(July 10, 2017)Small Business Innovation Research. See
Global Aerospace Corporation B-414514:
Jul 3, 2017.
(July 6, 2017)Procurement Integrity Act. See
Dell Services
Federal Government, Inc. B-414461, B-414461.2: Jun 21, 2017.
(July 3, 2017)Low price, clarifications. See
Pontiac Flying LLC B-414433, B-414433.2, B-414433.3:
Jun 12, 2017.
(July 3, 2017)Competitive range. See Pinnacle
Solutions, Inc. B-414360: May 19, 2017.
(June 28, 2017)Solicitation requirements. See
Glock, Inc. B-414401: Jun 5, 2017.
(June 26, 2017)
Past performance, questionnaire,
sister companies. See
PacArctic, LLC B-413914.3, B-413914.4: May 30,
2017.
(June 22, 2017)
Past performance, neutral rating. See
SITEC Consulting, LLC; VariQ
Corporation; Logistics Systems, Inc. B-413526.4, B-413526.5, B-413526.6,
B-413526.7: Apr 3, 2017.
(June 21, 2017)
Timeliness, FSS procurement,
debriefing exception,
contracting officer's mischaracterization. See
IR Technologies B-414430,
B-414430.2, B-414430.3: Jun 6, 2017.
(June 20, 2017)Unequally evaluation of price
quotations. See Red River Computer Company, Inc.
B-414183.4, B-414183.6, B-414183.7: Jun 2, 2017.
(June 19, 2017)
Price realism evaluation, offeror's understanding of
technical requirements. See Next Tier
Concepts, Inc.; MAXIMUS Federal Services, Inc. B-414337, B-414337.2: May
15, 2017.
(June 14, 2017)Termination of awarded contracts, cancellation of
solicitation, post-award alterations of the record, integrity of
procurement process, changed requirements. See
EDC Consulting, LLC; Cybermedia Technologies,
Inc.; et al B-414175.10, et al. Jun 9, 2017.
(June 13, 2017)Organizational conflict of interest: Biased
Ground Rules, Unequal Access to Information, Impaired Objectivity.
See Accenture Federal Services, LLC B-414268.3,
B-414268.4, B-414268.5: May 30, 2017.
(June 12,
2017)Outside the scope of its schedule contract.
Knight Point Systems, LLC B-414183.3, B-414183.5:
May 31, 2017.
(June 9,
2017)Rejected proposal, unavailable facility. See
Bannum, Inc. B-414336: May 15, 2017.
(June 7, 2017)Past performance,
relevance.
See TOTE
Services, Inc. B-414295, B-414295.2: Apr 25, 2017.
(June 6, 2017)Past performance, information that is “too
close at hand.” See
Battelle Memorial Institute B-413570.3,
B-413570.4, B-413570.5: May 23, 2017.
(June 5, 2017)
Protest is subject of litigation
before a court of competent jurisdiction. See
Jay Hymas B-414546: May 23, 2017.
(May 30, 2017)
Incumbent advantage vs.
fostering competition. See
SK Hart Properties, LLC B-414338: May 11, 2017.
(May 30, 2017) Higher-priced, higher technically
rated proposal selected for award, source selection
decision. See Mevacon-NASCO
JV; Encanto Facility Services, LLC B-414329, B-414329.2,
B-414329.3, B-414329.4: May 11, 2017.
(May 24, 2017)
Set aside for SDVOSB, informed business judgment, market
research. See Walker Development & Trading
Group, Inc. B-414365: May 18, 2017. (May 22, 2017) Late proposal, electronic submission. See
Western Star Hospital Authority, Inc. B-414216.2:
May 18, 2017.
(May 22, 2017) Late proposal, Submit Signed Proposa button.
See Tele-Consultants, Inc. B-414135: Feb 27, 2017.
(May 22, 2017)
Competitive 8(a), sole-source procurement, new
requirement. See
GOV
Services, Inc. B-414374: May 11, 2017.
(May 18,
2017) Sole-source procurement, corrective action.
See
General Dynamics Mission Systems,
Inc. B-414587, B-414587.2: May 11, 2017. (May 15,
2017) Salary comparison analysis,
solicitation evaluation methodology.
Dalpar
Corporation B-414285: Apr 24, 2017.
(May 9,
2017)
Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act
of 2006, VA Rule of two. See
AeroSage LLC B-414314, B-414314.2: May
5, 2017.
(May 9,
2017)
Evaluating option pricing. See
Verdi Consulting, Inc.
B-414103.2,B-414103.3,B-414103.4: Apr 26, 2017.
(May 5,
2017)
Commercial Item Status. See
Gichner Systems Group, Inc. B-414287, B-414287.2,
B-414287.3: Apr 27, 2017.
(May 5,
2017)
Impaired objectivity or unfair
competitive advantage. See
A-P-T Research, Inc. B-413731.2: Apr 3, 2017.
(April 26,
2017)
Opportunity to address
adverse past performance information. See
Walden Security; Akal Security, Inc. B-413523.6, B-413523.7, B-413523.8,
B-413523.9: Mar 22, 2017.
(April 25,
2017)
Request for costs. Agency takes longer than
necessary
to initiate corrective action,
agency unduly delays or fails to promptly implement corrective action.
See
American Government Services,
LLC--Costs B-413636.2: Apr 21, 2017.
(April 25,
2017)
Request for costs, statutory or nonstatutory protest.
See Boise Cascade Wood Products,
LLC B-413987.2: Apr 3, 2017.
(April 24,
2017)
Solicitation for a fixed-price
contract. See Fluor Federal
Solutions, LLC B-414223: Mar 29, 2017.
(April 18, 2017)
Clarifications. See
Planning & Learning Technologies, Inc.-- Advisory Opinion, B-413156.23:
Oct 14, 2016.
(April 17, 2017)
Interpretation. See
American
Access, Inc B-414137.3: Apr 11, 2017.
(April 13,
2017)
Unequal access to information.
See Harkcon Inc. B-412936.2: Mar 30, 2017.
(April 11,
2017)
Past performance, relavance.
General Revenue Corporation; Account Control
Technology, Inc.; Williams & Fudge, Inc., et al,
B-414220.2: Mar 27, 2017.
(April 11,
2017)
Material difference between
modified contract and contract originally awarded. See
Zodiac of North America, Inc. B-414260: Mar 28,
2017.
(April
5, 2017)
Press Release GAO Bid Protest:
General Revenue Corp., et al.,
B-414220.2, et al., March 27, 2017. (April 3, 2017)
Signed copy of joint venture
agreement, clarification. See CJW
Desbuild JV, LLC B-414219: Mar 17, 2017. (April 3, 2017)
Tradeoff decision. See
IT Enterprise Solutions JV, LLC B-412036.3: Jan
31, 2017. (April 3, 2017)
Agency’s requirement is reasonably
necessary to meet its needs.
Vanguard
Building LP B-414207, B-414207.2: Mar 21, 2017.
(March 28, 2017)
DCAA verification of accounting system. See
Leader Communications, Inc. B-413104.9: Mar 17, 2017.
(March 27, 2017)
Intergovernmental support agreement, jurisdiction,
procurement contract. See
Red River Waste Solutions, Inc.
B-414367: Mar 21, 2017.
(March 24, 2017)
Past performance, relevance. See
XPO Logistics Worldwide Government Services, LLC,
B-412628.6, B-412628.7: Mar 14, 2017.
(March 22,
2017)
Price realism analysis. See
American Access, Inc. B-414137, B-414137.2: Feb 28, 2017.
(March 9,
2017)
Restrictive specification. See
Remote Diagnostic Technologies, LLC B-413375.4,
B-413375.5: Feb 28, 2017.
(March 9,
2017)
Technical evaluation. See Construction
Services Group, Inc. B-412343.3: Feb 27, 2017.
(March 7,
2017)
FAR subpart 8.4, tradeoff decision.
See Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC B-413464,
B-413464.2: Nov 4, 2016 (March 7,
2017)
Exception to competition. See
EBSCO Industries, Inc. B-414150: Mar
2, 2017 (March 6,
2017)
Past performance, disparate evaluation.
See
CSR, Inc.
B-413973, B-413973.2: Jan 13, 2017
(March 3,
2017)
Restrictive specifications
See Pitney Bowes,
Inc. B-413876.2: Feb 13, 2017.
(March 1,
2017)
Brand name or equal, waiver of salient
characteristic. See
Glem Gas S.p.A. B-414179: Feb 23,
2017.
(February 27,
2017)
Cost realism analysis. See
Smartronix, Inc. B-413721.2: Feb
22, 2017.
(February 27,
2017)
Cost realism analysis, adjustments to
cost proposal, most, most probable cost. See
Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc. B-414056, B-414056.2, B-414056.: Jan 31,
2017. (February
14,
2017)
Cost adjustment, direct labor rates, application of
a standard deviation methodology, labor categories skewed standard
deviation, prejudice. See Noblis, Inc.
B-414055: Feb 1, 2017.
(February 13,
2017)
Independent government estimate,
unreasonable high bids. See
4H Construction Corporation B-413558.4: Feb 8, 2017.
(February 10,
2017)
FAR provision 52.222‑46, price
realism analysis. See MicroTechnologies,
LLC B-413091.4: Feb 3, 2017.
(February 9,
2017)
Duty to seek clarification. See
Alltech Engineering Corp. B-414002.2: Feb 6,
2017.
(February 8,
2017)
Redaction of offeror's identity.
See Soliel, LLC B-414060: Jan 26, 2017.
(February 8,
2017)
Conditional pricing. See
Omnicell, Inc. B-414021, B-414021.2: Jan 23,
2017.
(February 3,
2017)
Procurement Integrity Act Investigation.
See
Concurrent Technologies Corporation B-412795.2, B-412795.3: Jan 17,
2017.
(January 31,
2017)
Experience of offeror, not its
subcontractors. See Desbuild
Inc. B-413613.2: Jan 13, 2017.
(January 30,
2017)
Outside the scope of ID/IQ
contract. See Threat
Management Group, LLC B-413729: Dec 21, 2016.
(January 26,
2017)
Price evaluation, unbalanced pricing.
See Crown Point Systems
B-413940,B-413940.2: Jan 11, 2017.
(January 20,
2017)
Canceling an existing solicitation.
See
Walker
Development & Trading Group, Inc. B-413924: Jan 12, 2017.
(January 16,
2017)
Highest technically rated offerors with a fair and
reasonable price source selection process. See
Sevatec, Inc.; InfoReliance Corporation;
Enterprise Information Services, Inc.; Buchanan & Edwards, Inc.
B-413559.3, B-413559.4, B-413559.6, B-413559.7: Jan 11, 2017.
(January 12,
2016)
Federal Supply Schedule, market research.
See Phoenix Environmental Design, Inc. B-413833: Jan
5, 2017.
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Cancellation of a procurement, moot.
See FMS Investment Corp., et al., v. U. S. and Performant Recovery, Inc.,
Nos. 18-204C, et, al, May 29, 2018.
(May
31, 2018)
Joint venture agreement. See
Senter,
LLC v. U. S., No. 17-1752C, May 16, 2018.
(May
18, 2018)
Lack of advance planning.
See
Trailboss Enterprises, Inc.
B-415812.2, B-415970, B-415970.2: May 7, 2018.
(May
14, 2018)
Reinstatement of Stay. See
Intelligent Waves LLC v. U. S. and Systems
Made Simple Inc., No. 18-465 C, May 9, 2018.
(May
10, 2018)
Bridge contract. See
Global
Dynamics, LLC v. United States and GiaCare and MedTrust JV, LLC and
MedTrust LLC, No. 17-1875C May 1, 2018.
(May 3, 2018)
NAICS code. See
SupplyCore
Inc. v. U. S. and Science Applications International Corporation,
No. 17-1933c, May 1, 2018.
(May 2, 2018)
Rule of two. See
Veterans
Contracting Group v. U. S., No. 18-92C, April 5, 2018.
(April 9, 2018)
Successive protests and successive
corrective actions at GAO, protest to the Court with further
corrective action--2014 to 2018. See
DZSP 21,
LLC v. U. S. and Fluor Federal Solutions, LLC, No. 18-86C, March 29,
2018.
(April 2, 2918)
Contract modification “materially
departs” from the scope of the original procurement. See
Ian, Evan & Alexander Corporation v. U.
S. and Xcelerate Solutions, No. 18-1C, March 19, 2018.
(March 20, 2018)
Adverse Impact Analysis Under 13 C.F.R. §
124.504(c)(ii)(C). See SKC,
LLC v. U. S., No. 17-1982C, March 14, 2018.
(March 19, 2018)
Decision to Award a Fifth Sole-Source Bridge
Contract. See Global Dynamics, LLC v.
United States and GiaCare and MedTrust JV, LLC and MedTrust LLC, No.
17-1875C March 14, 2018.
(March 19, 2018)
Temporary Restraining Order.
See General Dynamic Mission
Systems, Inc. v. U. S. and Unisys Corporation, No. 18-49,
March 7, 2018.
(March 9, 2018)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Procurement, appropriation, 40 U.S.C. §
3307.
See Cleveland
Assets, LLC v. U. S., No. 2017-2113, March 5, 2018.
(March
7, 2018)
Court
of Federal Claims
Price realism, unbalanced pricing.
See Harmonia Holdings Group,
LLC v. U. S. and Optimal Solutions and Technologies, Inc.,
No. 17-1543C, February 28, 2018.
(March
5, 2018)
Organizational conflict of interest.
See A Squared Joint Venture v.
U. S., No. 17-835C, February 23, 2018.
(March
5, 2018)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
May or must. See
Strategic
Business Solutions, Inc. v. U. S., No. 2017-1418, February
14, 2018.
(February 16, 2018)
Court of Federal Claims
Agency corrective action. See
HESCO Bastion Ltd. v. U. S.
and JSF Systems, LLC, No. 17-1977C, January 29, 2018.
(February
12, 2018)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Reversal of sanctions imposed by
Court of Federal Claims. See
Level 3
Communications, LLC v. U. S. and Verizon Deutschland GmbH,
Robert C. Bigler, 2017-1924, 2017-2068, January 30, 2018.
(January 31, 2018)
Available from only one responsible source,
follow-on contract, Justification. See
AgustaWestland North America, Inc. v. U.
S. and Airbus Helicopter, Inc., 2017-1082, January 23, 2018.
(January 24, 2018)
Court of Federal Claims
Best value tradeoff, price. See
Centerra Group, LLC v. U. S. and SOC
LLC, No. 17-1348C January 18, 2018.
(January 22, 2018)
Bundling. See
Geo-Med, LLC v. U.
S., No. 17-1006 C, January 9, 2018.
(January 11, 2018)
The Rule of Two. See
Sigmatech, Inc.
v. U. S., No. 17-183 C Filed: January 5, 2018.
(January 9, 2018)
Qualification as a service-disabled veteran
owned small business, divergent regulations of SBA and DVA.
See Veterans Contracting
Group v. U. S. and Williams Building Company, No.
17-1188C, December 20, 2017. (December 28, 2017)
Removal from and Restoration to the VetBiz VIP Database.
See Veterans Contracting Group
v. U. S., No. 17-1015C, December 21, 2017.
(December
26,
2017)
Meaningful discussions. See
Precision Asset Management
Corporation v. U. S. and Alpine-First Preston JV II LLC,
No. 16-261C December 13, 2017.
(December
14, 2017)
Size
determination. See
Straughan Environmental, Inc. v. U. S. and Integrated
Mission Support Services, LLC, No. 15-1217C & No.
16-1181C, November 6, 2017.
(November
29,
2017)
Court's deference to contracting officers,
employee's effort
to subvert the procurement process.
See DynCorp
International, LLC v. AAR Airlift Group, Inc., No.
16-1704 C, November 16, 2017.
(November
27,
2017)
Interested party, standing. See
Loomacres, Inc. v. U. S., No.17-824C,
October 31, 2017.
(November
6,
2017)
Adequacy of contractor’s accounting system.
See
FreeAlliance.com, LLC v. U. S., No. 17-787C, October 27, 2017.
(October
30,
2017)
Patent ambiguity, offeror's duty to seek
clarification, timeliness. See Sonoran
Technology and Professional Services, LLC v. U. S. and Spectre Pursuit
Group, LLC, No. No. 17-711C, October 17, 2017.
(October
23,
2017)
Late proposal, contracting officer's assurance of
acceptance of offer and then rejection of offer. See
T Square Logistics Services Corp. v. U. S.
No. No. 17-744C October 16, 2017.
(October
23,
2017)
Discussions Generally.
See
Iron Bow Technologies, LLC v. U. S. and
Alamo City Engineer Services, Inc., No. 17-603C September 14, 2017.
(September
20,
2017)
Preliminary injunction. See
Veterans Contracting Group, Inc., vs. U. S., No.
17-1015C, August 29, 2017.
(August
30, 2017)
Agency's corrective action was to broad.
See Dell Federal Systems, L.P and Plaintiff
Blue Tech Inc., Iron Bow Technologies LLC et al v. U. S. and Alphasix
Corp et al, Nos. 17-465C, 17-473C, July 13, 2017.
(July 17, 2017)
Restrictive provisions. See
Cleveland Assets, LLC v. U. S., No. 17-277C,
June 1, 2017. (June 5, 2017)
Veterans Benefits Act of 2006 Rule of Two,
Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act. See PDS
Consultants, Inc. v. U. S. and Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind,
No. 16-1063C, May 30, 2017. (May 31, 2017)
Scope of corrective action. See
Harmonia
Holdings Group, LLC v. U. S. and Java Productions, Inc., No. 17-86C, May
23, 2017.
(May 31, 2017)
Responsibility determination. See
Vintage Autoworks, Inc. v. U. S., No. 17-123,
May 18, 2017.
(May 31, 2017)
FAR 8.4, "meaningful" discussions.
See Concourse Group, LLC, v. U. S.
and RER Solutions, LLC, No. 17-129C, April 27, 2017.
(May 8,
2017)
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Costs, corrective action, COFC opinion reversed.
See Dellew Corporation v. U. S. and Tech
Systems, Inc., No. 2016-2304, May 1, 2017.
(May 2, 2017)
Court of Federal Claims
Limitations on Subcontracting,
sanctions, administrative record. See
Gallup, Inc. v. U. S., No.
16-1656C, April 25, 2017.
(April 27,
2017)
Interpretation. See
Greenland Contractors I/S v. U. S. and
Exelis Services A/S, No. 15-272C, April 12, 2017.
(April 13,
2017)
Costs, plus an upward adjustment of
the statutorily-set hourly rate. See
Starry Associates, Inc. v. U.
S., No. 16-44C April 10, 2017.
(April 12,
2017)
Corrective action. See
Jacobs
Technology Inc. v. U. S. and TRAX International
Corporation; TRAX International Corporation v. U. S. and
Jacobs Technology Inc., Nos. 16-1602C & 17-88C, April 7,
2017.
(April
10, 2017)
Temporary injunction. See
Continental Services Group,
Inc. v. U. S., No. 17-449, March 29, 2017.
(April
5, 2017)
Communications with offerors before establishment of the competitive
range. See Rivada Mercury,
LLC v. U. S. and AT&T Corp., No. 16-1559C, March 31, 2017.
(April 3, 2017)
Sanctions; government's duty of
candor to the court. See Level 3
Communications, LLC v. U. S. and Verizon Deutschland GmbH, No. 16-829,
March 16, 2017.
(March 20,
2017)
Failure to timely raise
organizational conflict of interest claim. See
Concourse
Group LLC v. U. S. and RER Solutions, Inc., No. 17-129C, March 13, 2017
(March 14,
2017)
Price realism analysis.
See
Limco
Airepair, Inc. v. U. S. and Wall Colmonoy Corporation,
No. 16-1576C, February 15, 2017
(February 24,
2017)
Unbalanced pricing. See
Munilla Construction
Management, LLC v. U. S. and Seaward Services, Inc., No.
16-1684C, February 15, 2017.
(February
16,
2017)
Agency failed to conduct a proper
Price Realism Analysis. See Active
Network, LLC v. U.S. and Booz Allen Hamilton, No. 16-1071C, February 14,
2017.
(February 14,
2017)
Price realism analysis. See
System
Dynamics International, Inc. v U. S. and Cruz Associates, Inc., No.
16-710 C, February 7, 2017.
(February 9,
2017)
Misleading discussions, price realism, offeror's
business judgment, patent ambiguity, timeliness. See Global
Dynamics, LLC v. U. S. and Loyal Source Government Services, No.
16-1311C, January 25, 2017.
(January 27,
2017)
Overhead costs,
cost realism analysis. See
IT Shows, Inc., v
U. S. and Social Solutions International, Inc. No. 16-1259C January 17,
2017.
(January 19,
2017)
Untimely protest. See
York Telecom Company v. U. S., No. 15-489C,
January 13, 2017.
(January 18,
2017)
Temporary restraining order. See
Munilla Construction Management, LLC v, U. S.
Seaward Services, Inc. No. 16-1684C, January 10, 2017.
(January 11,
2016)
Opportunity to cure its error,
discretionary, not mandatory.
See
Strategic
Business Solutions, Inc. v. U. S., No. 16-81C, January 3, 2017.
(January 6, 2016)
Contracting officer's duty to inquire. See
Level 3 Communications, LLC v. U. S. and
Verizon Deutschland GmbH, No. 16-829 December 5, 2016.
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