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Tipoffs: Bid Protests Weekly Newsletter for 2025-05-11 ( 28 items )  
GAO Again Denies Reconsideration Request by Mission Analytics in NIST LED Display Procurement (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- For the second time, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a request for reconsideration from Mission Analytics, LLC, a small business in Falls Church, Virginia. This latest request sought to overturn the GAO's decision, Mission Analytics, LLC, B-422841.3, Dec. 11, 2024, 2024 CPD paragraph 305, which dismissed its protest against the Department of Commerce, National Institute for Standards and Technology's (NIST) issuance of a purchase order for a direct view more ST

GAO Backs Army Corps' Cancellation of VA Medical Facility Solicitation (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest filed by Davenergy-VCI JV LLC, a small business located in Apex, North Carolina. The protest challenged the Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers' cancellation of solicitation No. W9127N24R0029. This solicitation sought architectural engineering construction management services for medical facility construction projects for the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) in Oregon and Washington. Davenergy-VCI JV  more ST

GAO Denies Patrona Protest Over Navy Submarine Maintenance Contract (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest by Patrona Corp., a small business based in Washington, D.C., challenging the Navy's issuance of a task order to KMS Solutions, LLC, a small business located in Alexandria, Virginia. The contract, under request for proposals No. N6660424R3003, concerns nuclear submarine maintenance support services. Patrona argued that the Navy's evaluation of its proposal and the subsequent source selection decision were flawed.  more ST

GAO Denies Protest by A Square Group Over CMS Task Order Award to Cogent People (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest filed by A Square Group LLC (ASG), a small business located in Rockville, Maryland, challenging the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) award of a task order to Cogent People Inc. (Cogent), a small business of Columbia, Maryland. The task order, issued under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 230314, is for health insurance marketplace and financial management more ST

GAO Denies Protest by Wave Digital Assets in Cryptocurrency Asset Management Contract (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest filed by Wave Digital Assets LLC, of Los Angeles, California, challenging the award of a contract by the Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), to Command Services & Support, Inc. (CMDSS), of Haymarket, Virginia. The contract, awarded under request for proposals (RFP) No. 15M50024QA4400003, seeks assistance in managing and disposing of seized and forfeited cryptocurrency assets. Wave Di more ST

GAO Denies Protest in VA Bid Dispute (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest by Resource Management Systems Inc. (RMS), a small business in Morris, Georgia, concerning the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) rejection of its proposal. The VA's decision involved a request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C24724R0057, for providing ambulance and stretcher van services to the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center (CVVAMC) in Dublin, Georgia. RMS challenged the VA's decision to exclude them from the more ST

GAO Denies Protest Over Corrective Action in Linguist Support Contract Rebid (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest filed by the Mission Essential Group LLC, of New Albany, Ohio, challenging the scope of corrective action undertaken by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) following an earlier protest. The initial protest concerned the award of a linguist support services contract to Worldwide Language Resources, LLC (WWLR), of Fayetteville, North Carolina. Mission Essential argued that USSOCOM's proposed corre more ST

GAO Denies Reconsideration Request by Mission Analytics in NIST LED Display Protest (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a request for reconsideration from Mission Analytics LLC, a small business based in Falls Church, Virginia. Mission Analytics sought to overturn the GAO's prior decision, Mission Analytics, LLC, B-422841, Sept. 6, 2024 (unpublished decision), which dismissed its protest against the terms of a request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1333ND24QNB770135 issued by the Department of Commerce, National Institute for Standards and Techn more ST

GAO Dismisses Maine Company's Protest Over California Firm's Silica Cloth Contract (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has dismissed a bid protest filed by Auburn Manufacturing Inc., a woman-owned small business located in Mechanic Falls, Maine. Auburn Manufacturing challenged the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) award of a contract for silica glass cloth to Elite Textile Trading LLC, a small business based in Mission Viejo, California. In its protest, Auburn Manufacturing argued that the DLA's evaluation of Elite Textile's quotation was unreasonable, more ST

GAO Dismisses Reconsideration Request in Building Repair Contract Protest (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has dismissed a request for reconsideration filed by 4K Global-ACC JV, LLC (4K Global), a small business located in Augusta, Georgia. 4K Global sought reconsideration of the GAO's prior decision, which denied their protest of the award of a building repair contract to Roundhouse PBN-Tepa EC 2 JV, a small business based in Warner Robins, Georgia. The contract was awarded by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers (Corps). 4K Glo more ST

GAO Rejects Colorado Firm's Reconsideration Request in VA IT Support Award (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has dismissed a request for reconsideration filed by High Plains Computing Inc., doing business as HPC Solutions (HPC), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) located in Denver, Colorado. HPC sought to overturn the GAO's prior decision from December 6, 2024, which denied its protest of a task order award to Veterans EZ Info Inc., of San Diego, California, by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The task order was  more ST

GAO Stands by Decision Dismissing North Carolina Firm's Protest (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a request for reconsideration from Leadership and Performance Strategies LLC, a small business located in Sanford, North Carolina. The company sought to overturn the GAO's previous decision from December 20, 2024, which dismissed their protest against the award of a contract to Cognito Systems, LLC, of Newport News, Virginia. The original protest was dismissed for failing to include a sufficient factual basis. Leadership ha more ST

GAO Stands by Decision on VA Monitor Procurement Corrective Action (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a request for reconsideration from Mission Analytics LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Falls Church, Virginia. Mission sought to overturn the GAO's previous decision from January 28, 2025, which denied Mission's protest against the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) proposed corrective action regarding a solicitation for video display monitors. Mission argued that the GAO's decision contained more ST

GAO Sustains Protest Against Army's Evaluation of Global Support Task Order (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has sustained a protest filed by Trace Systems Inc., of Vienna, Virginia, against the Department of the Army's issuance of a task order to TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (Comtech), of Annapolis, Maryland. The task order, issued under request for task execution plan (RTEP) No. PANAPG-22-P-0000-019320, involves global field service representative (GFSR) support services, also known as GFSR II. Trace Systems challenged the Army' more ST

GAO Sustains Protest Against Defense Commissary Agency BPA (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has sustained a protest filed by E.K.K. Investments LLC, against the Defense Commissary Agency's (DeCA) establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Coastal Pacific Food Distributors, Inc. (CPFD). The BPA was intended to procure fresh fruits and vegetables for resale at commissary stores. E.K.K. Investments argued that DeCA failed to comply with the requirements for using procedures other than full and open competi more ST

GAO Sustains Protest Against DHS Task Order Award to Amaze Technologies (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has sustained a protest filed by Anika Systems Inc., of Leesburg, Virginia, against the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) decision to award a task order to Amaze Technologies, LLC, of Herndon, Virginia. The task order, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 70SBUR24R00000009, was for support services to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Office of the Chief Data Officer (OCDO). Anika Systems, the in more ST

GAO Sustains Protest Against FEMA's Blanket Purchase Agreement, Citing Improper Elimination of Virginia Firm (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has sustained a protest filed by VMD Systems Integrators LLC dba VMD Corp., a women-owned small business based in Fairfax, Virginia, against the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The protest concerned the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with AccelGov, LLC, a women-owned small business located in Huntsville, Alabama, for project management and cybersecurity compliance suppo more ST

GAO Sustains Protest in DHS Bid for Project Management and Cyber Security Services (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has sustained a protest filed by SynergisT JV LLC, a women-owned small business located in McLean, Virginia, against the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with AccelGov, LLC, a women-owned small business in Huntsville, Alabama. The dispute centers on a request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70FA3123Q00000045, issued by FEMA, for p more ST

GAO Sustains Protest Over Ambiguous Army Solicitation for Northeast Security Maintenance (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has sustained a protest filed by Perimeter Security Partners LLC (PSP) of Brentwood, Tennessee, against the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). The protest challenged the planned issuance of a task order to Low Voltage Wiring LTD (LVW) of Colorado Springs, Colorado, for preventative and corrective maintenance services for access control points at 19 Army installations across the northeast United States more ST

GAO Upholds Defense Intelligence Agency Corrective Action in UK Support Services Procurement (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest filed by LunaTek LLC, an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based company, challenging the Defense Intelligence Agency's (DIA) corrective action in a procurement for support services to be performed in the United Kingdom. The DIA initially selected LunaTek for the award under Request for Proposals (RFP) No. HHM40224R0005. However, following a protest by another offeror, OCH-Sawdey Joint Venture, LLC, the agency decided to ta more ST

GAO Upholds Exclusion of KesselRun's Quote for Travel Consulting BPA (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest by KesselRun Corporate Travel Solutions LLC (KesselRun) of Roswell, Georgia. KesselRun challenged the General Services Administration's (GSA) decision not to select its quotation for a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for travel and expense consulting services. The GAO found that GSA reasonably determined KesselRun was ineligible for the BPA because its Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract did not have a sufficie more ST

GAO Upholds FBI's Rejection of Fusion Technology Bid Over Unrealistic Pricing (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest filed by Fusion Technology LLC, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, challenging the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) issuance of a task order to Trilogy Innovations, Inc., also of Bridgeport, West Virginia. The task order, under RFQ No. RFQ-09232022, was for digital and information technology services. Fusion Technology primarily contested the FBI's price realism evaluation, which led to the rejection of its quota more ST

GAO Upholds Setback and Co-location Requirements in North Carolina Lease Protest (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest filed by 721 Medical Center Property LLC (MCP) of Wilmington, North Carolina, challenging the terms of a lease solicitation (RLP) issued by the General Services Administration (GSA). The RLP sought office space in a single location for three federal tenant agencies: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). MCP argued that the solicitation more ST

GAO Upholds Ship Repair Contract Award to Continental Maritime (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- In a recent decision, the General Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest filed by BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair Inc. (BAE), challenging the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command's award of a contract to Continental Maritime of San Diego LLC (CMSD). The contract in question pertains to ship repair and alteration services for the USS Russell. BAE had argued that the Navy's evaluation of the submitted proposals and the subsequent selection of CMSD were more ST

GAO Upholds Task Order Award to Harkcon for NNSA Administrative Support (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest filed by Advanced Management Strategies Group Inc. (AMSG), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) located in Dumfries, Virginia. AMSG challenged the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) issuance of a task order to Harkcon, Inc., also an SDVOSB, based in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The task order, issued under the NNSA's technical, engineering, and programmatic serv more ST

GAO Upholds USDA Rejection of FI Consulting Bid Over Logo Inclusion (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has denied in part and dismissed in part a protest filed by FI Consulting Inc. (FIC), a small business based in Arlington, Virginia. FIC challenged the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) decision to eliminate its quotation for program support services under RFQ No. 12SAD225Q0001. The RFQ sought support for various USDA missions, including farm production and conservation. FIC argued that the USDA improperly eliminated its quotation du more ST

GAO Upholds USDA Rejection of RiverNorth Bid Over Font Size (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest by RiverNorth Inc., a small business located in Sterling, Virginia, challenging the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) decision to eliminate its quotation for a program support contract. The USDA's request for quotations (RFQ) No. 12SAD225Q0001 sought support for various USDA missions, including farm production and conservation. RiverNorth argued that the USDA's rejection of its bid due to a failure to comply with more ST

GAO Upholds VA Rejection of GovTranz Proposal for Incomplete Pricing (10)
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest filed by GovTranz LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) based in Salt Lake City, Utah. GovTranz challenged the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) rejection of its proposal for ground wheelchair transportation services at the Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The solicitation was issued under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C24725R more ST