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“Oh Well, Whatever, Nevermind”: Agency’s Lackluster, Slapdash Evaluation Can’t “Withstand Logical Scrutiny”: Marquis Solutions, LLC, GAO B-419891, B-419891.2
Agency Asked Awardee to Add Costs Related to COVID-19 Pandemic, But This Didn’t Mean the Agency’s Requirements Had Changed; Progress for Bakersfield Veterans, LLC, GAO B-418703.7, B-418703.8
Although It Lost on the Merits, Protester Had Standing to Challenge Agreement Awarded Under DoD’s Commercial Solutions Opening Program; Kinemetrics, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 21-1626
“I Get By With a Little Help from My Friends”: Agency Did Not Err In Finding Protester’s Alleged Minor Subcontractor Was Really a Major Subcontractor; XL Associates, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 21-1095
From the Annals of Ill-Fated Protest Arguments, Special Snowflake Edition: Agency Not Required to Assess Strength for “Uniqueness” of Offeror’s Approach; Metric 8, LLC, M6-VETS, LLC, RCH Partners, LLC, Stratera Fulcrum Technologies, LLC, MERPTech, LLC, GAO B-419759.2
Awardee’s Subcontractor Was “Operationally Involved” in Incumbent Contract, But this Involvement Did Not Result in Unequal Access OCI; Pioneer Corporate Services, Inc. , GAO B-4186789.5
Protester Claims Awardee’s Approach is Cheap and Risky, But GAO Says Too Bad, the Solicitation Didn’t Require a Price Realism Analysis; Raith Engineering and Manufacturing Company, WLL, GAO B-419023.4
COFC Rejects Challenge to Price Evaluation, Protester Wanted a More Nuanced Analysis than Solicitation Required; 10 Tanker Air Carrier, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 21-1084
Protester Misinterpreted Solicitation’s Cap on Employee Compensation; AIMS Locum Tenens, LLC, GAO B-419723
Protester Alleges Agency Flubbed Evaluation, But GAO’s Not Feeling It; Odin Construction Solutions, Inc., GAO B-419793, B-419793.2
Delay Resulting from Repeated Protests Justifies Sole-Source Award; Innotion Enterprises, Inc., GAO B-419907
Do I Have to Spell It Out For You? Agency Appropriately Advised Protester Its Price was “High”, Wasn’t Required to Say Price was “Unreasonable”; Facility Healthcare Services, Inc., GAO B-418743.2, B-418743.3
Agency’s Decision to Reevaluate Proposals as Part of Corrective Action Did Not Resuscitate an Argument that Should Have Been Raised in an Initial Protest; Saalex Solutions, Inc. GAO B-418729.3
Agency Disparately Evaluated Quotations, But It Didn’t Prejudice the Protester; Data Computer Corporation of America, GAO B-419033.4 et al.
Contractor Sells Assets While Litigating Protest, Loses Its Interested Party Status; Land Shark Shredding, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-711C
Awardee’s Proposal Contained Errors, But Those Errors Were Not Material Misrepresentations; PAE Aviation and Technical Services, LLC, GAO B-417704.7, B-417704.8
Alleged Improper Discussions Were Really Just Clarifications; Office Depot, LLC, GAO B-419809, B-419809.2
Agency Didn’t Unduly Delay in Implementing Corrective Action; Ajanta Consulting, LLC – Costs, GAO B-419123.6
Agency Argues Tradeoff Was Result of “Extensively Exercised Independent Judgment,” But GAO Rejects that Argument Like It’s Kid Rock’s Application for a McArthur Foundation Genius Grant; Alpha Omega Integration, LLC, GAO B-419812, B-419812.2
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