Sloth and Inattention Earns Proposal a Spot in the Reject Pile; Excellus Solutions, Inc., GAO B-417298.3; B-417298.4October 9, 2019
Agency Not Required to Indulge Presumptions About Protester’s Technical Expertise; RX Joint Venture, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-575COctober 8, 2019
Proposal Not as Wondrous as Protester Thinks; AECOM Management Services, Inc., GAO B-417639.2, B-417639.3October 8, 2019
Bundling of Agency’s Requirements Does Not Violate Government’s Commitment to Small Business Participation; Emergency Planning Management Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-1024October 7, 2019
Agency Did Not “Double-Penalize” Protester by Assigning Weakness and Imposing Cost Adjustment for the Same Technical Risk; PAE Aviation and Technical Services, LLC, GAO B-417639October 4, 2019
Simultaneous Award of IDIQ and Task Order Does Not Trigger FASA Bar to Court’s Protest Jurisdiction; COFC No. 19-1205, PAE-Parsons Global Logistics Services LLC v. United States and Fluor Intercontinental Inc.October 4, 2019
Argument that Italian JV Failed to Comply with Solicitation Requirements Melts Like Gelato in the Tuscan Sun; Gemmo S.p.A., GAO B-416864.3October 4, 2019
Agency’s Award of Bridge Contract Not In Conflict with Permanent Injunction; COFC No. 19-55C, ANHAM FZCO v. United States and KGL Food Services WLLOctober 3, 2019
Agency Procuring Services on Behalf of VA Can Skip Rule of Two; Veterans4You, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-931COctober 2, 2019
Protester’s Cost Realism Argument Crashes on the Shoals of Agency Discretion; Highlight Technologies, LLC, GAO B-417620October 2, 2019
New Owner’s Inability to Demonstrate Experience in Company’s Line of Business Scuttles SDVOSB Status; In the Matter of SDVE, LLC, SBA No. VET-281October 1, 2019
Requirement to Submit Past Performance References from Subcontractors and Partners Does Not Mean Agency Must Evaluate References from Subcontractors and Partners Equally; K2 Solutions, Inc., GAO B-417689October 1, 2019
Weakness Warranted for Offeror Who Provided Businessy-Sounding Banalities in Response to Agency’s Request for Specifics; IBM Corporation, GAO B-417664October 1, 2019
Challenge to Agency’s Evaluation Under Non-Existent Evaluation Criterion Goes Nowhere; ASRC Federal Data Solutions, LLC, GAO B-417655, B-417655.2, B-417655.3September 30, 2019
Agency Can Take Corrective Action to Remedy Issue Not Raised in a Protest; Far North Forestry, LLC, GAO B-417502.2September 27, 2019
Despite Torrent of Gossip, Innuendo, and Smack-Talk, COFC Finds No Conflict of Interest; Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 18-1671CSeptember 27, 2019
Scored Evaluation Criteria Not Unduly Restrictive Just Because Offerors Do Not Qualify for Every Point Available Under the Criteria; ADVENTureOne LLC; Apogee Engineering, LLC, GAO B-408685.23; B-408685.26September 26, 2019
Obligation to Post RFQ on GSA’s e-Buy System Did Not Mean Agency Had to Ensure Offerors Could View the Post; CC&C Management Services, LLC, GAO B-417594September 26, 2019
Agency Provided Meaningful Discussions by Telling Offeror its Price was Too High; Altavian, Inc., GAO B-417701, B-417701.2September 26, 2019
Agency’s Decision to Award Sole-Source Contract was Justified; DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc., GAO B-417628, B-417628.2, B-417628.3September 25, 2019
