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Sea Box, Inc., protests the cancellation, after bid opening, of invitation for bids (IFB) No. W912L1-08-B-0001, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Property and Fiscal Officer, Texas, for supply of dry storage containers (connexes) for units of the Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG). We deny the protest.

2008-08-27T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-27T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/4002242.htm?source=ra

Hendry Corporation protests the award of a contract to RiverHawk Marine, LLC by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Coast Guard under request for quotations No. HSCG80-08-Q-3FAD73 for dry-dock repairs to a Coast Guard cutter. Hendry challenges the agency's determination that RiverHawk is a responsible firm on two grounds. Hendry alleges that three founding members of RiverHawk "do not have a satisfactory record of performance, ...

2008-08-20T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-20T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/3109396.htm?source=ra

Labatt Food Service, Inc. protests the rejection of its proposal as late by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP) under request for proposals (RFP) No. SPM300-06-R-0063 for food distribution services. The protester argues that its proposal was not received late by the agency, and that even if it was late, the agency should have rejected all of the proposals and cancelled the solicitation. We deny ...

2008-08-20T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-20T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400168.htm?source=ra

Brian X. Scott requests that our Office recommend that the Department of the Army pay the protester the reasonable costs of filing and pursuing its protest with respect to solicitation No. W91GEU-08-T-5230. We dismissed the protest as academic on July 18, 2008 based on the Army's notice of corrective action. We deny the request.

2008-08-14T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-14T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400157.htm?source=ra

Logistics Health, Incorporated (LHI) protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. W81K04-08-R-0036, a total small business set-aside, issued by the Department of the Army for a dental provider network. LHI, a large business, asserts that the agency improperly restricted the solicitation to small businesses. We deny the protest.

2008-08-14T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-14T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400215.htm?source=ra

G. Koprowski protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. N0025908T0135, issued by the Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) for ophthalmologic research services. Mr. Koprowski asserts that the solicitation, which requires the proposed work to be performed on-site, violates certain provisions relating to employee telecommuting in the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 (SARA), Pub. L. No. 108-136, 1428, 117 Stat. 1392, 1670 ...

2008-08-21T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-21T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400135.htm?source=ra

Lockheed Martin MS2 Tactical Systems (LM) protests the Naval Air Systems Command's (NAVAIR) award of a contract to Northrop Grumman (NG) under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00019-07-R-0001, for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). LM challenges the evaluation of proposals and resulting source selection. We deny the protest.

2008-08-08T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-08T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400127.htm?source=ra

Zia Engineering & Environmental Consultants, LLC and Garrison Engineering & Maintenance Services, LLC protest the cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. W9124R-07-R-0009, issued by the Department of the Army pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-76 for base operations and logistics services at the U.S. Army Garrison White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico. We deny the protests.

2008-08-12T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-12T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400255.htm?source=ra

Murray-Benjamin Electric Company, L.P. (MBE), a small business, protests the award of a contract to Allied Wire & Cable Inc. by Federal Prison Industries (UNICOR) under request for proposals (RFP) No. EP2466-08 for coaxial cable. MBE argues that the contracting officer (CO) erred in calculating MBE's price by using a different quantity of cable from the amount specified in the RFP. We deny the protest.

2008-08-07T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-07T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400321.htm?source=ra

Delex Systems, Inc. protests the terms of two solicitations for delivery orders issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command to holders of an existing indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract. The first solicitation, request for proposals (RFP) No. N61339-08-R-0032 (RFP 0032), is for the revision and maintenance of the Naval Strike Air Warfare Center training program curriculum; the second solicitation, ...

2008-08-07T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-07T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400379.htm?source=ra

John Gage-Designated Employee Agent, National President of the American Federation of Government Employees, protests the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) award of a contract to Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Inc. The contract was awarded to Lockheed on July 3, 2008, pursuant to solicitation No. HSTS01-08-HRM010 which was issued by TSA on October 18, 2007; the solicitation sought proposals to provide various human resources ...

2008-08-07T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-07T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400405.htm?source=ra

Carahsoft Technologies Corporation and Avue Technologies Corporation (Carahsoft/Avue) protest the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) award of a contract to Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Inc. pursuant to solicitation No. HSTS01-08-HRM010. The solicitation was issued by TSA on October 18, 2007, seeking a contractor to provide various human resource services. Carahsoft/Avue protest various aspects of the agency's source selection ...

2008-08-12T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-12T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400107.htm?source=ra

Exec Plaza, LLC (Exec) protests the terms of solicitation for offers (SFO) 08-008, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for the lease of office space for the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The protester contends that the solicitation is unduly restrictive of competition because it contains burdensome requirements that apply only to the incumbent lessors. We deny the ...

2008-08-07T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-07T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400153.htm?source=ra

Gary M. Williamson, the designated agency tender official (ATO) for the U.S. Air Force Mobility Command's tender in a public-private competition to be conducted pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-76, protests various actions taken by the agency in preparation for release of solicitation No. FA4452-08-R-0008 that was issued in connection with the pending competition. The ATO asserts that, in preparing to conduct ...

2008-08-07T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-07T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/appro/316533.htm?source=ra

In a letter dated May 22, 2008, Congress requested our opinion on whether a provision contained in the 2007 supplemental appropriations act prohibiting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using appropriated funds for reorganizing the department was in effect and applicable to actions taken by DHS at the beginning of fiscal year 2008. Additionally, Congress asked whether, if the prohibition was in effect, DHS improperly used appropriated ...

2008-07-31T00:00:00+01:00 2008-07-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400346.htm?source=ra

View One, Inc. protests the Department of the Army's award of a contract to Eggs & Bacon, Inc. pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. W91QV1-08-R-0016 to perform event production services in connection with the U.S. Army's Spirit of America 2008 production. As discussed below, View One has failed to state sufficient legal and factual grounds for this Office to further consider this matter. We dismiss the protest as factually and legally ...

2008-08-22T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-22T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/4001092.htm?source=ra

Savantage Financial Services, Incorporated protests the issuance of a task order to The MIL Corporation under request for proposals (RFP) No. SB1341-08-RP-0009, issued by the Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), for support services for NIST's Business Systems Division (BSD). The competition was limited to vendors holding General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts. ...

2008-07-31T00:00:00+01:00 2008-07-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400177.htm?source=ra

ECI Defense Group protests the award of a contract to Thomas Instrument under request for proposals (RFP) No. SPM4A7-07-R-1322, issued by the Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR), Defense Logistics Agency, for aircraft actuator screwshaft assemblies. ECI argues that the agency's evaluation of offerors' proposals was improper. We dismiss the protest on the basis that the protester is not an interested party to challenge the award to Thomas ...

2008-08-14T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-14T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/2995043.htm?source=ra

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and CGI Federal, Inc. ask that we reconsider our decision in IBM Corp., B-299504, B-299504.2, June 4, 2007, 2008 CPD para. 64, in which we sustained IBM's protest of the award of a contract to CGI under request for proposals (RFP) No. PR-HQ-05-12521, issued by the EPA for the upgrade of the agency's financial management system. In its protest, IBM argued, among other things, that the agency did ...

2008-08-21T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-21T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/appro/316381.htm?source=ra

A certifying officer with the United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine (USACHPPM) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, requests a decision under 31 U.S.C. 3529 regarding mass transit benefits at USACHPPM. Specifically, the certifying officer asks whether USACHPPM is "authorized to deny requests for Mass Transit Benefits for Civilians and/or active duty Army personnel" for what the certifying officer describes ...

2008-08-12T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-12T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400109.htm?source=ra

Systalex Corporation, protests the issuance of a task order to The MIL Corporation under request for proposals (RFP) No. SB1341-08-RP-0009, issued by the Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), for support services for NIST's Business Systems Division (BSD). The competition was limited to vendors holding General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts. Systalex asserts ...

2008-08-26T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-26T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400173.htm?source=ra

Colliers International protests the decision of the Department of the Army to obtain services to evaluate the feasibility of the U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys Housing Alternative Plan Concept (HHAP) under a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) task order contract. Colliers maintains that these services are outside the scope of the ID/IQ contract. We deny the protest.

2008-07-30T00:00:00+01:00 2008-07-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/311391.htm?source=ra

Eomax Corporation protests the Department of the Army's award of a contract to Maxa Beam Searchlights, Inc. d/b/a MaxaVision Technologies, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W9124Q-08-D-0808, for search cameras to be included in the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP). Eomax challenges the agency's technical evaluation and resulting source selection. We deny the protest.

2008-08-07T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-07T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/311313.htm?source=ra

Consolidated Engineering Services, Inc. (CES) protests the award of a contract to Meridian Management Corporation (MMC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. SSA-RFP-08-1004 by the Social Security Administration for facility management services. The protester contends that the agency's evaluation of the offerors' technical proposals was unreasonable, and that the selection decision was flawed. We sustain the protest.

2008-08-27T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-27T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/311275.htm?source=ra

B.R. Hardison--Designated Employee Agent, President of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2400, protests the alleged "direct conversion" by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of pharmacy services performed by VA pharmacy staff at the Tennessee Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (TCBOC) to the private sector without conducting a public-private competition under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular ...

2008-07-30T00:00:00+01:00 2008-07-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/3112452.htm?source=ra

MCT JV protests the award of a contract to Metro Machine Corp. under request for proposals No. N00024-07-R-4006, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), for maintenance and modernization work on LSD 41/49 Class ships (Navy amphibious assault ships, commonly referred to as Dock Landing Ships) homeported in Norfolk, VA. MCT JV challenges NAVSEA's cost realism and technical evaluations of its own proposal ...

2008-08-08T00:00:00+01:00 2008-08-08T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/311070.htm?source=ra

North Shore Medical Labs, Inc. (NSML) and Advanced Biomedical Laboratories, LLC, (ABML) protests the cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. W81K04-07-R-0019, a small business set-aside issued by the Department of the Army, for laboratory services. The protesters contend that the agency lacks a reasonable basis for the cancellation and that the agency should instead have amended the solicitation, held discussions and requested revised ...