Bid Protest Minute: Bidder’s Responsibility to Submit Well-Drafted Proposal

Bass Berry & Sims – On February 26, GAO denied the protest of Mission Analytics, Inc., challenging the award of a small business set-aside contract to ThunderCat Technology, LLC, explaining that “it is a firm’s responsibility to submit a well-written quotation.” The protest underscores the fact that proposals lacking sufficient detail and the requested information may be deemed technically unacceptable and ineligible for award.