The Army’s practice bombs contract award was flawed by improper discussions, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) (Delfasco LLC, GAO, B-409514, 3/2/15, decision released 7/15/16). The GAO also sustained a protest of the award because the Army failed to adhere to past performance requirements in the solicitation. In addition, the GAO said that although it doesn’t […]
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Daniel Strouse discusses “A Government Contractor’s Version Of Everything I Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten: Follow The Rules”
The Defense Health Agency improperly relaxed key personnel requirements and engaged in unequal discussions with a protester before making an $80 million program management support award, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said (Deloitte Consulting LLP, GAO, B-412125, 4/15/16, decision released 5/16/16). The agency also failed to adequately document its past performance evaluation, the GAO said. […]
Successful bid protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of key personnel, past performance relevancy, and unequal discussions.
Successful bid protest of the agency’s evaluation of the relevancy of the awardee’s past performance and misleading discussions as to weaknesses remaining in the protester’s proposal.
Successful defense of bid protest of technical evaluation.
Successful defense of bid protest against adjustment of labor rates.
Successful defense of bid protest challenging cost realism analysis.
Successful defense of bid protest challenging technical evaluation and alleging unequal discussions.
Successful bid protest of cancellation of solicitation on the grounds of lack of advance planning by the agency.
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