In a recent decision, GAO announced that it was clarifying its pleading standard for bid protests. For many years, GAO had described a minimally acceptable protest pleading as one with “either allegations or evidence...more
Protest of: BrightPoint, LLC -
B-423392, B-423392.2, B-423392.3 -
BrightPoint raised numerous challenges to the Department of Agriculture’s evaluation and award of a task order for information technology services....more
As those in the federal contracting community wait anxiously for rumored and hinted at changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”), we are beginning to evaluate how certain of those changes might most impact our...more
Protest of: TISTA Science and Technology Corporation -
B-422891.2; .3; .4 -
TISTA challenged the issuance of a task order by the National Institutes of Health to Tantus Technologies, alleging the agency engaged in...more
The Mission Essential Group -
B-422698.2 -
Mission Essential challenged a task order solicitation issued by the Air Force, alleging the lowest price, technically acceptable (“LPTA”) evaluation scheme violated DFARS...more
Sparksoft Corporation -
B-422440;.2 -
• The awardee’s Systems Security Officer (“SSO”) was awarded a positive finding for holding a certified information systems security professional (“CISSP”) certification....more
ITility, LLC -
B-421871.3 -
The protester argued that the Department of Homeland Security had unreasonably assessed the awardee a “positive” based on an incorrect understanding of what the awardee had proposed....more
Criterion Corporation -
B-422309 -
• In Air Force procurement for base operations support services, the Agency had eliminated the protester from consideration for award on the basis that its proposed price was...more
Deloitte Consulting LLP -
B-422094; B-422094.2 -
• During the evaluation of the awardee’s quotation, the Department of Homeland Security identified a potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (“OCI”) with one of...more
American Material Handling, Inc.
B-422171 -
The Agency, the International Boundary and Water Commission, was buying a brand name or equal wheel loader on a lowest price, technically acceptable basis....more
SierTek-Peerless JV LLC -
B-422085, B-422085.2 -
The protester alleged that the Transportation Security Administration had not properly evaluated the awardee’s proposal under the prior experience factor....more
Life Science Logistics, LLC -
B-421018.2, .3 -
The protester alleged that GSA failed to conduct meaningful discussions by not raising, in pre-corrective action discussions, significant weaknesses that resulted in the...more
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) has released its Annual Report to Congress summarizing bid protest activity for Fiscal Year 2022 (GAO-23-900462). The report mostly shows a continuation of recent trends: the...more
Tech Marine Business, Inc.
B-420872.1, .2, .3 -
• The protester alleged that it should have been assigned a strength for its transition plan, which exceeded the Navy’s schedule for workload turnover and would be...more
R&K Enterprise Solutions, Inc.
B-419919.6, .7, .8 -
• The protester alleged the Air Force’s best-value tradeoff decision was unreasonable because it consisted of a “mechanical comparison of point scores that did not...more
Selex EX, Inc.
B-420799 -
• Selex ES argued that the solicitation, which sought proposals to replace a tactical air navigation system, was unduly restrictive of competition because it could be interpreted to require...more
Office Depot, LLC -
B-420482 -
• Office Depot challenged GSA’s attempt to use a single blanket purchase agreement to purchase both hardware/industrial supplies and office supplies, arguing that the evaluation scheme was...more
Rice Solutions, LLC -
B-420475 -
• GAO sustained the protester’s allegation that the Department of Health and Human Services had engaged in unequal discussions. ...more
For years, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) has been moving towards an increasingly draconian position on offerors’ obligations to notify agencies when the availability of proposed personnel changes after proposal...more
Welcome to our new series “60-Second Sustains”! We’ll keep you updated on who is winning bid protests and why.
Insight Technology Solutions, Inc. B-420133.2, .3, .4 -
• Protester alleged that the awardee...more