http://www.gao.gov/legal/decisions.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:25:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt http://www.gao.gov/images/title_object.jpg http://www.gao.gov/ http://www.gao.gov/pdfs/B-401658; B-401658.2?source=ra General Dynamics--Ordnance & Tactical Systems (GD), of Marion, Illinois, protests the award of a contract to American Ordnance, LLC (AO), of Middleton, Iowa, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W52P1J-08-R-0080, issued by the Department of the Army for the loading, assembly and packing of 81 millimeter and 120 millimeter mortar cartridge propelling charges (MCPC). GD maintains that the agency misevaluated the awardee's price proposal, failed to engage in meaningful discussions, and made an unreasonable price/technical tradeoff in support of its award decision. We deny the protest. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gao.gov/pdfs/B-401690?source=ra Exegistics, Inc. of Glenview, Illinois, protests the award of a contract to Superior Services, Inc. (SSI) of Fresno, California, under request for proposals (RFP) No. QSDM-K7-090001-N, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for logistics support for the Eastern Distribution Center (EDC) in Burlington, New Jersey. The protester essentially argues that the agency's evaluation of SSI's proposal was not in accordance with the factors set forth in the solicitation. We deny the protest. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gao.gov/pdfs/B-401783?source=ra The Mangi Environmental Group, Inc., of McLean, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to The Clark Group, LLC, of Washington, D.C., by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-101-08-RP-0253, for revision of the agency's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations. We deny the protest. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gao.gov/pdfs/B-401298.3?source=ra Alsalam Aircraft Company of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, requests that we recommend that the company be reimbursed the costs of filing and pursuing its protest challenging the award of a contract to DynCorp International, LLC of Fort Worth, Texas, by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Materiel Command, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W58RGZ-08-R-0107 for support services for the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command. Alsalam argued in its protest that the Army's technical and cost evaluations were flawed, and the agency subsequently took corrective action in response to the protest. We grant the request. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gao.gov/pdfs/B-401652.3,B-401652.5?source=ra Health Net Federal Services, LLC of Rancho Cordova, California, protests the award of a contract to Aetna Government Health Plans, LLC (AGHP) of Hartford, Connecticut, under request for proposals (RFP) No. H94002-07-R-0007, issued by the Department of Defense TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) for T-3 TRICARE managed health care support services for the North Region. Health Net, the incumbent contractor, challenges TMA's technical and price evaluations, conduct of discussions, and source selection decision, and argues that AGHP should be excluded from the competition based on an alleged unfair competitive advantage stemming from AGHP's hiring a former TMA employee (the TMA Chief of Staff) to prepare AGHP's proposal. We sustain the protest. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gao.gov/pdfs/GAO-10-238R?source=ra GAO reviewed Department of Education (Education)'s final rule on general and non-loan programmatic issues. GAO found that (1) the final regulations amend regulations for institutional eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Student Assistance General Provisions, the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Programs, the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program, the Federal Pell Grant Program, and the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program (LEAP) to implement various general and non-loan provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) and other recently enacted legislation; and that (2) Education complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gao.gov/pdfs/GAO-10-239R?source=ra GAO reviewed the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) new rule on medical examination of aliens--removal of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection from definition of communicable disease. GAO found that (1) the rule removes HIV infection from the definition of communicable disease of public health significance and removes references to HIV from the scope of examinations for aliens because HIV infection does not represent a communicable disease that is a significant threat to the general U.S. population; and (2) that the CDC complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gao.gov/pdfs/B-401652?source=ra Health Net Federal Services, LLC of Rancho Cordova, California, protests the award of a contract to Aetna Government Health Plans, LLC (AGHP) of Hartford, Connecticut, under request for proposals (RFP) No. H94002-07-R-0007, issued by the Department of Defense TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) for T-3 TRICARE managed health care support services for the North Region. Health Net contends that the agency failed to properly consider and investigate "a substantial and material" procurement integrity violation by the Department of Defense (DOD) which tainted the integrity of the procurement and the award to AGHP. Protest at 2. We deny the protest. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gao.gov/pdfs/B-401773?source=ra Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), of San Diego, California, protests the Department of State's issuance of a purchase order to Rapiscan, Inc. under request for quotations (RFQ) No. S-WHARC-09-Q-0030, issued to vendors holding General Service Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts for gamma ray vehicle and cargo inspection systems. SAIC asserts that Rapiscan should not have received the order because certain of the required items were not included under its FSS contract. We sustain the protest. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gao.gov/pdfs/GAO-10-228R?source=ra The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule on mandatory reporting of greenhouse gases. GAO found that (1) the final rule requires reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from all sectors of the economy; and (2) that the EPA complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100