WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied the protest filed by Noblis MSD LLC of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, challenging the U.S. Navy's award of a contract for engineering and technical support services to Solute Inc. of San Diego, California. The contract is for specialized networking and computer systems supporting naval operations. Noblis challenged the award on several grounds, including claims that Solute's proposal was unacceptable and that the agency improper more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office denied the protest filed by Alliant Health Solutions Inc., challenging the award of a task order to Health Quality Innovators (HQI) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for the Quality Improvement Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) program. The GAO reviewed Alliant's numerous allegations and found no basis to sustain the protest because the agency's decisions were more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied the protest filed by Hive Group LLC, a small business from Ashburn, Virginia, challenging the elimination of its quotation by the U.S. Department of Commerce for advisory and integrated management solutions support services. The protest was denied because the agency reasonably determined that Hive's Phase I submission was noncompliant with the solicitation's mandatory page limitations and cover page requirements. The Request more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied the protest filed by Joerns Healthcare LLC, a small business from Charlotte, North Carolina, challenging its exclusion from the competitive range for a contract issued by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration for in-home hospital beds and accessories. Joerns asserted that the VA unreasonably evaluated its proposal as unacceptable and used a disparate standard compared to a competitor. The prot more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest filed by Loch Harbour Group Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, against the Defense Logistics Agency regarding its elimination from a competition. The DLA issued a request for quotations for application deployment and maintenance support for the DLA Enterprise Platform. The agency's decision to eliminate the firm from consideration for the small business set-aside portion of the contract (Tier 2) has been upheld. The protes more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied the protest filed by QED Systems LLC, a small business from Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, challenging its elimination from a competition for a support services contract issued by the U.S. Army Materiel Command. The protest was denied because the Army reasonably found QED's proposal unacceptable for failing to comply with a mandatory material solicitation requirement. The solicitation, a Fair Opportunity Request for Prop more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office has dismissed a bid protest filed by RAS Enterprises LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business located in Gulfport, Mississippi. The firm challenged the terms of a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' request for quotations for medical gas cylinders, specifically arguing that the VA failed to require vendors to possess wholesaler distributor licenses at the time of quotation submission. The GAO dismissed the protest as untime more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office has sustained a bid protest filed by Enviremedial Services Inc. (ESI) of Oceanside, California, challenging a contract award made by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers. This decision voids the contract originally awarded to BryMak and Associates Inc., a small business based in Clarksville, Tennessee. The contract was for preventative maintenance, repair work and other facilities services covering various sites across Georgia, more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office has sustained a protest filed by Island Peer Review Organization Inc. dba IPRO, of Lake Success, New York, challenging the issuance of a task order to Superior Health Quality Alliance (Superior Health), of Madison, Wisconsin. The task order, issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was for healthcare quality improvement services under the agency's Quality Improvement Network-Q more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest filed by Development InfoStructure LLC dba Devis of Arlington, Virginia, challenging the U.S. Department of State's award of a task order for refugee processing center support services to Credence Management Solutions LLC of Vienna, Virginia. Devis protested the agency's decision to proceed with the procurement on an unrestricted basis after an Executive Order significantly reduced the scope of work--a 55 percent re more ST