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Proposal Undone by Lack of Specifics; Open SAN Consulting, LLC, GAO B-418875.3
Nastygram Sent to Agency Denouncing Award Did Not Constitute Agency Protest; Silver Investments, Inc., GAO B-419028
Offeror’s Failure to Respond to Agency’s Discussions Letter Results in Rejection of Proposal; Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, GAO B-418946
Argument that Protester Had to Deviate from RFP Requirement In Order to Comply With a Separate RFP Directive Really Just a Tacit Challenge to Terms of Solicitation; J&J Worldwide Services, GAO B-418148.3
Challenge to Navy’s Best Value Determination Sinks in the Eddies of Agency Discretion; Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc., GAO B-418896
Pollice Verso: GAO Gives Agency’s Overly-Punctilious Misreading of Proposal a Thumbs Down; Knight Point Systems, LLC, GAO B-418746
Agency Appropriately Jettisoned Protester’s High-Priced Proposal; Academy Medical, LLC, GAO B-418223.3
Solicitation Limited to Approved Sources Not Unduly Restrictive; Potomac Electric Corporation, GAO B-418908, B-418908.2
Proposed Key Person’s Plans to Pursue Other Offers Does Not Necessarily Mean They’re Unavailable; MindPoint Group, LLC, GAO B-418875.2, B-418875.4
Agency’s Failure to Use All the Services Available Under Contract Results in Constructive Termination for Convenience, Not Breach; JKB Solutions and Services, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-1390C
Protester That Could Only Provide a Fraction of the Agency’s Requirements Not an Interested Party to Challenge Sole-Source Award; Island Pyrochemical Industries, GAO B-418994
Offeror Not Entitled to Strengths for Aspects of Proposal that Merely Constitute Self-Promotion; MicroTechnologies, LLC, GAO B-418894
Protester Claimed Awardee’s Proposed Metrologist Was Unqualified, But Its Arguments Didn’t Measure Up; NLT Management Services, LLC, GAO B-415936.14
GAO Swipes Left on Untimely Challenge to Terms of Solicitation; M&C Venture Group, LLC, GAO B-417965.3
Protester Alleges Disparate Treatment, GAO Finds Protester Submitted Inferior Proposal; DirectViz Solutions, LLC, GAO B-418706, B-418706.2
Failure to Revise Proposal After Amendments that Materially Changed Pricing Terms Rendered Protester’s Proposal Non-Responsive; Asset Protection & Security Services, L.P. v. United States, COFC No. 20-449C
Less Than Scrupulous Drafting Renders Proposal Unacceptable; ANG Quality Testing, Ltd., GAO B-418861, B-418861.2
Federal Circuit Upholds Awardee’s High Experience Ratings; G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc. v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2020-1390
Although Solicitation Issued to FSS Contract Holders Referred to Brand Name Services, It Did Not Require Contractor to Have Those Branded Services In Their FSS Contract; Advantaged Solutions, Inc., GAO B-418790, B-418790.2
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