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GAO Dismisses Protest that Relied on Language that “Does Not Exist Anywhere in the Text” of Cited Regulations; M&C Venture Group, LLC, GAO B-419870
Awardee’s Proposed Discount for Cost Item Was Not an Exception to Solicitation; Kiewit Infrastructure West Company, GAO B-419687, B-419687.2
Unless Allegations Broach Something Like Crime or Fraud, GAO Will Not Review Affirmative Responsibility Determination; Newt Marine Services, GAO B-419741, B-419741.2
Protester Can’t Use Dictionary Definition of Word to Contradict Solicitation’s Definition; Sophion Bioscience, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 21-1065
Agency Not Required to Hold Discussions or Seek Clarifications to Address Offeror’s Failure to Include Employment Agreement in Proposal; APT Research, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 21-1102C
Protester Misapprehends Nature of Neutral Past Performance Rating; Heartland Consulting, GAO B-419228.4
Late-Is-Late Rule Precludes Agency from Extending Proposal Deadline to Accept Untimely Proposals; Syncon LLC v. United States, Hourigan Construction Corp. v. United States, COFC No. 21-1035C
Been There, Done That: Solicitation Sought Innovation, But Protester Proposed to Adhere to the Incumbent’s Lackluster Approach; Integrity Management Consulting, Inc., GAO B-418776.5
Minimal Documentation of Evaluation Complied with Requirements of Streamline Procurement Process; ASI Government, Inc., GAO bB-419080.2, B-419080.3
Sole-Source Award Was Warranted, But Court Finds that Duration of Sole-Contract Was Too Long; Sierra Nevada Corporation v. United States, COFC No. 21-1186C
Alleged Ambiguity in Solicitation Should Have Been Raised before Proposal Deadline; Sterling Medical Associates, Inc, GAO B-419794
Challenge to Best Value Determination Withers Under GAO Scrutiny; Tuba Group, GAO B-419733
Agency Not Required to Explain Why It Found Aspects of Proposal Merely Adequate; Logistics Health, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 21-759
Just Because the Agency Selected the Lowest-Priced Proposal Doesn’t Mean It Conducted an LPTA Procurement; ICON Government and Public Health Solutions, Inc., GAO B-419751
Protester Lacked Standing to Protest Because Its Proposal Contradicted the Solicitation; Asset Protection & Security Services, L.P. v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2021-1008
Agency Reasonably Credited Awardee for Its Access to the “Twitter Firehose”; Babel Street, Inc., GAO B-418730.5, B-418730.6
Evidence Talks, Wishy-Washy Insinuation Walks: Protester Alleges PIA Violation But Prevaricates When Pressed for Evidence; Alpine Companies, Inc., GAO B-419831 et al.
Protester Can’t Convince GAO that Weakness Assessed to Awardee Should’ve Been a Deficiency; Agile-Bot II, LLC, GAO B-419350.3, B-49350
Proposal that Failed to Adequately Address “the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How” of the Offeror’s Approach Deserved a Deficiency; IAP Worldwide Services, Inc., GAO B-419647, B-419647.3
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