Stan Hinton

Successful GAO Protests (2005-Present)

See also Successful GAO Protests (2000-2004)

Announcement of Competition; Solicitation Language and Interpretation

DNO, Inc., B-406256, .2 (Mar. 22, 2012) (agency did not properly investigate whether solicitation should be set aside for small businesses)

Aldevra, B-406205 (Mar. 14, 2012) (VA failed to consider whether solicitation should be set aside for SDVOSBs)

InfraMap Corp., B-405167.6  (Feb. 6, 2012) (estimate of future underground utility relocation work in solicitation lacked rational basis and likely was significantly understated)

CWTSatoTravel, B-404479.2 (Apr. 22, 2011) (solicitation ambiguous as to whether objectives are optional or required)

USA Jet Airlines, B-404666 (Apr. 1, 2011) (solicitation requirement offerors present evidence of certification under ISO 9001, ISO 9100, or AS 9110 at the time of proposal submission, rather than at the time of award or performance, exceeds agency's minimum needs and unduly restricts competition)

California Industrial Facilities Resources, Inc. d/b/a CAMSS Shelters, B-403397.3 (Mar. 21, 2011) (solicitation that required brand name products without listing salient characteristics that would permit offers of equivalent alternates was unduly restrictive of competition and was issued without an appropriate J&A authorizing such a restriction)

NCS Technologies, B-403435 (Nov. 8, 2010) (solicitation provisions requiring (i) computers and monitors to be from same manufacturer and (ii) computers to have Intel-based microprocessors were unduly restrictive of competition)

Missouri Machinery & Engineering Co., B-403561 (Nov. 18, 2010) (solicitation requirement for vendors to be an original equipment manufacturer's authorized repair facility is unduly restrictive where the agency does not show the requirement is necessary to meet its needs)

Total Health Resources, B-403209 (Oct. 4, 2010) (solicitation requirement for prime's experience is unduly restrictive where agency cannot establish sub's experience would not suffice)

TMI Management Systems, Inc. B-401530 (Sep. 28, 2009) (agency's misclassification of procurement in announcement on FedBizOpps website failed to achieve full and open competition)

TFab Manufacturing, LLC, B-401190 (June 18, 2009) (defective solicitation; improper requirements concerning "Limitations on Subcontracting" clause)

PWC Logistics Services Co., B-400660 (Jan. 6, 2009) (defective solicitation terms re proposal evaluation)

Seaborn Health Care, Inc., B-400429 (Oct. 27, 2008) (improper requirement for non-FSS supervisory services in RFQ limited to FSS contractors)

TYBRIN Corp., B-298364.6, .7 (Mar. 13, 2007) ("Limitation on Subcontracting" clause)

CW Government Travel, Inc.--Reconsideration; B-295530.2, et al, July 25, 2005 (solicitation terms)

Technosource Information Systems, LLC; TrueTandem, LLC, B-405296, .2, .3 (Oct. 17, 2011) (agency failed to establish any legitimate government need for solicitation requirement that any non-U.S.-based cloud computing data centers be located in Trade Agreements Act Designated Countries) 

Flawed Evaluations; Lack of Meaningful Discussions

Sea Box, Inc., B-405711.2 (Mar. 19, 2012) (failure of quotation to include 90-day acceptance period stated in solicitation did not render it unacceptable because quotations are not offers; awardee's failure to comply with RFQ's requirements to submit technical information  concerning its quotation meant record did not support agency's decision quotation was acceptable)

The Emergence Group, B-404844.7 (Feb. 29, 2012) (successful protest against past performance evaluation in corrective action undertaken as a result of first successful protest) 

ERIE Strayer Co., B-406131 (Feb. 21, 2012) (unequal discussions; lack of meaningful discussions)

MANCON, B-405663 (Feb. 9, 2012) (acceptability of offeror's small business subcontracting plan should have been responsibility issue, not pass/fail reason for evaluating proposal as technically unacceptable)

Digital Technologies, Inc., B-406805, .2 (Feb. 6, 2011) (flawed cost realism analysis)

Y&K Maintenance, Inc., B-405310.6 (Feb. 2, 2012) (evaluation of protester's key personnel under experience subfactor was inconsistent with solicitation's stated evaluation criteria)

TriCenturion, Inc.; SafeGuard Services, LLC, B-406032, et al. (Jan. 25, 2012) (cost realism, technical, and past performance evaluations all were insufficiently documented in the record)

Standard Communications, Inc., B-406021 (Jan. 24, 2012) (lack of meaningful discussions; only awardee allowed to make material changes in its proposal that rendered originally technically unacceptable quote acceptable)

SeKON Enterprise, Inc., Signature Consulting Group, B-405921, .2 (Jan. 17, 2012) (lack of meaningful discussions: without proper analysis of proposal, agency improperly directed protester to increase its staffing (and thus its costs))

ITT Systems Corp., B-405865, .2 (Jan. 6, 2012) (no explanation in record for apparent discrepancies (and lack of logical connection) between cost and technical evaluations)

APEX-MBM, JV, B-405107.3 (Oct. 3, 2011) (agency used unstated evaluation criterion to evaluate item the solicitation did not require to be submitted with the proposals but instead suggested would be handled after award)  

The Ross Group Construction Corp., B-405180.2 (Nov. 28, 2011) (past performance evaluation lacked rational basis because awardee received superior rating despite failing to comply with solicitation's stated requirements)

North Wind, Inc;  Earth Resources Technology, Inc., B-404880.4, .5, .6 (Nov. 4, 2011) (agency improperly evaluated awardee's proposal by, in effect, waiving the page limit by allowing it to submit significant portions of its proposal in appendices without informing other offerors, who strictly complied with the page limit, that the approach taken by the awardee to provide additional information was acceptable)

Raytheon Technical Services Co., B-404655.4, .5, .6 (Oct. 11, 2011) (agency relaxed evaluation requirement for awardee by ignoring material failure to propose loaded labor rates for 20 labor categories; agency failed to provide common cut-off date for receipt of proposals; agency treated offerors unequally by giving awardee credit under management factor for similar item to that proposed by protester)

EBA Ernest Bland Assocs., P.C., B-404825.5, .6 (Oct. 11, 2011) (evaluation made without consideration of solicitation's evaluation terms)

The Emergence Group, B-404844.5, .6 (Sep. 26, 2011) (agency did not meaningfully evaluate relevance of prior contracts in past performance evaluation; agency did not evaluate protester's proposal consistently with evaluation of other offeror's proposals)

PCCP Constructors, JV; Bechtel Infrastructure Corp., B-405036, et al. (Aug. 4, 2011) (agency evaluated technical proposal for foundation design in a manner inconsistent with solicitation requirements; agency led offerors to believe they had to bid full budget amount and then credited awardee for proposing less than that; agency's investigation of OCI was inadequate because it did not consider former official's access to source selection information about procurement through prior access to documents and continuing contacts with source selection officials) 

Raytheon Co., B-404998 (July 25, 2011) (lack of meaningful discussions; improper evaluation of references under experience evaluation factor)

SafeGuard Services, LLC, B-404910 (June 28, 2011) (agency improperly rejected proposal after offeror submitted revised business proposal (containing some subcontractor spreadsheets) late; agency should have considered whether the proposal was complete even without the spreadsheets)

One Largo Metro LLC; Metroview Development Holdings, LLC; King Farm Associates, LLC, B-404896 et al. (June 20, 2011) (evaluation not in accordance with solicitation's evaluation scheme and failure of source selection authority to meaningfully consider evaluated differences among proposals)

Mission Essential Personnel, LLC, B-404218.2, .3 (June 14, 2011) (agency failed to evaluate resumes in accordance with solicitation's evaluation scheme)

MPRI, Division of L-3 Industries, Inc., B-402548 et al. (2011) (amount of agency's upward adjustment to protester's labor rates in cost realism evaluation was unreasonable)

Diebold, Inc. B-404823 (June 2, 2011) (agency materially modified solicitation's requirements only for awardee)

Solers, Inc., B-404032.3, .4 (Apr. 6, 2011) (awardee took exception to solicitation requirement to propose fixed price; flawed past performance and technical evaluations)

Medical Development International, Inc., B-402198.2 (Mar. 28, 2010) (unreasonable price evaluation; agency improperly ignored fact that awardee's proposal required agency to take certain action by specified date, which agency did not do; note decision is very belatedly published)

Technology Concepts & Design, Inc. B-403949.2, .3 (Mar. 25, 2011) (evaluation lacks a rational basis and was on a different basis than required by the solicitation)

A1 Procurement, JVG, B-404618 (Mar. 14,  2011) (no documentation in the record supporting agency's rationale for rejecting protester's fixed-price proposal as being "too low")

I.M. Systems Group, B-404583 et al. (Feb. 25, 2011) (agency did not perform required cost realism evaluation of either awardee's or protester's proposal)  

IBM Global Business Services, B-404498, .2 (Feb. 23, 2011) (agency rewarded awardee's proposal on basis of unstated evaluation criterion; agency evaluated on basis of much different quantities than those suggested in the solicitation)

Resource Dimensions, LLC, B-404536 (Feb. 24, 2011) (lack of adequate supporting rationale on the record demonstrating rational basis for agency's evaluation of protester's oral presentation)

U. S. Information Technologies Corp., B-404357, .2 (Feb. 2, 2011) (FSS best value procurement; no explanation in record why awardee's past projects were considered similar in scope and complexity as required by solicitation; flawed best-value analysis--agency failed to assess the vendors' differing strengths or otherwise explain why the quotations were technically equal) 

Northeast Military Sales, Inc., B-404153 (Jan. 13, 2011) (agency ignored adverse past performance evaluation concerning awardee so that its past performance rating of "exceptional" lacked a rational basis)

Marine Hydraulics International, Inc., B-403386, -.2 (Nov. 3, 2010) (erroneous upward adjustments to cost proposal in cost realism evaluation)

PMO Partnership Joint Venture, B-403214, .2 (Oct. 12, 2010) (solicitation did not require cost or pricing data so agency should not have rejected proposal for noncompliance with cost or pricing data requirements of FAR Part 15)

Douglas County Fire District #2, B-403228 (Oct. 4, 2010) (agency unreasonably rated incumbent's proposal as "fail" in the geographic coverage evaluation factor where it offered to provide same geographic coverage as it had successfully provided under predecessor contract and where its proposal language was similar to the awardee's, which the agency rated as "pass")

Biblia, Inc., B-403006 (Sep. 13, 2010) (agency failed to document basis for best value evaluation)

DRS ICAS, LLC, B-401852.4, .5 (Sep. 8, 2010) (numerous technical weaknesses assessed by agency's evaluators lacked a rational basis; agency should have considered additional performance under related contract that occurred between time of original evaluation and reevaluation after corrective action; agency improperly assessed a weakness for failure to explain an item for which neither the solicitation nor the specifications required an explanation)

Vanguard Recovery Assistance, Joint Venture, B-401679.8, .9, .10 (Sep. 8, 2010) (flawed past performance evaluation based on numerical scoring system that reduced offeror's overall rating for submitting additional information on two less relevant contracts, even though it received the highest adjectival rating on all the individual contracts it submitted)

System Engineering International, Inc., B-402754 (July 20, 2010)  (agency only included two higher-rated, higher-priced quotations in its price/technical tradeoff analysis when lower-priced, lower-rated quotations were technically acceptable)

Brican Inc., B-402602 (June 17, 2010) (unequal past performance and experience evaluations)

Wackenhut Services, Inc., B-402550.2 (June 7, 2010) (agency improperly evaluated a management approach prohibited by the solicitation as an attribute that exceeded the solicitation's minimum requirements)

Powersolv, Inc., B-402534, .2 (June 1, 2010) (evaluation of protester's project manager was inconsistent with solicitation's evaluation scheme and no evidence in record demonstrates agency meaningfully evaluated price in making award decision)

Contrack International, Inc., B-401871.5, .6, .7 (May 24, 2010) (flawed past performance evaluation)

Ewing Construction Co., B-401887.3, .4 (Apr. 26, 2010) (agency improperly evaluated part of proposal as rendering firm ineligible for award when, under solicitation's evaluation scheme, such a deficiency should only have resulted in proposal being downgraded)

J2A²JV, LLC, B-401663.4 (Apr. 19, 2010) (firm failed to meet definitive responsibility criterion of five years relevant experience)

Irving Burton Associates, Inc., B-401983.3 (Mar. 29, 2010) (flawed evaluation; lack of rational basis for agency's evaluation of awardee's transition plan and program milestones and protester's alleged lack of proposal detail)

Shaw-Parsons Infrastructure Recovery Consultants, LLC, B-401679.4, .5, .6, .7 (Mar. 10, 2010) (flawed past performance evaluation; failure to adequately consider narrative responses in past performance questionnaires)

General Dynamics One Source, LLC; Unisys Corporation, B-400340.5, .6 (January 20, 2010) (improper price realism evaluation re staffing; improper relaxation of solicitation requirement re incentive fee for only one offeror)

AINS, Inc., B-400760.4 (Jan. 19, 2010) (lack of meaningful discussions; flawed evaluation of quotations in response to solicitation for blanket purchase agreement)

PMO Partnership JV, B-401973.3, .5 (Jan. 14, 2010) (no rational basis for agency's determination that JV's proposed dual, overhead rate structure meant its accounting system was unacceptable, a matter of responsibility)

McKissack+Delcan JV II, B-401973.2, .4 (Jan. 13, 2010) (no rational basis for agency determination that JV's proposed dual, overhead rate structure meant its accounting system was unacceptable, a matter of responsibility)

C & B Construction, Inc., B-401988.2 (Jan. 10, 2010) (lack of documentation by agency of rationale for selecting higher-priced quotation for task order under BPA)

AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc., B-401961, .2 (Dec. 22, 2009) (agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions and treated offerors unequally in its evaluation by (i) failing to apprise protester of weaknesses in its proposal to the same extent the agency did so with all other offerors and (ii) failing to evaluate other offerors' neglect to identify an issue required by the solicitation that the protester had reasonably identified based)

Milani Construction, LLC, B-401942 (Dec. 22, 2009) (rejection of proposal for fixed price contract on basis of lack of price realism was improper where agency did not announce that price realism would be an evaluation factor)

Coastal Environments, Inc., B-401889 (Dec. 18, 2009) (tradeoff analysis failed to include lowest priced proposals even though they were technically acceptable and low risk)

Velos, Inc., B-400500.8, .9 (Dec. 14, 2009) (source selection official's final evaluation was unreasonable where he ignored evaluation panel on one technical issue in favor of opinion of consultant who had only reviewed a response to one discussion question rather than proposal as a whole; performance risk evaluation based solely on date of D&B report was unreasonable.

Navistar Defense, LLC; BAE Systems, Tactical Vehicle Systems LP, B-401865. .2, .3, .4, .5, .6, .7 (Dec. 14, 2009) (improper past performance evaluation and risk assessment of performance capabilities)

Port of Bellingham, B-401837 (Dec. 2, 2009) (evaluation lacked a reasonable basis)

The Analysis Group, LLC, B-4 (Nov. 13, 2009) (agency improperly conducted discussions only with successful offeror and did not properly evaluate successful offeror's "impaired objectivity" OCI)

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, B-401652.3, -.5 (Nov. 4, 2009) (flawed past performance, price realism, and proposal risk evaluations, as well as appearance of conflict of interest)

Humana Military Healthcare Services, B-401652.2, -.4, -.6 (Oct. 28, 2009) (agency's evaluation unreasonably failed to fully recognize and reasonably account for the likely cost savings associated with protester's record of obtaining network provider discounts from its established network in the performance region )

Caddell Construction Co., B-401586, -401597, =401598 (Sep. 21, 2009) (agency had no basis for concluding, as required by Security Act, that offeror had sufficient relevant experience performing projects similar in size and scope to those required by the solicitation)

T-C Transcription, Inc., B-401470 (Sep. 16, 2009) (faulty evaluation)

Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc., B-400134.10 (Aug. 18, 2009) (improper technical evaluation; failure to discriminate among proposals where solicitation provided for evaluation of the extent to which they exceeded solicitation requirement)

Public Communications Services, Inc., B-400058, 400058.3 (July 18, 2009) (GAO has jurisdiction over a no-cost contract for provision of phone services to detainees; flawed evaluation; unequal treatment of offerors in evaluation)

AINS, Inc., B-400760.2, -.3 (June 12, 2009) (faulty evaluation of protester's proposal)

Ashbury International Group, Inc., B-401123 (June 1, 2009) (failure to conduct meaningful discussions; failure to conduct required tests on awardee's submittal)

Engineering Management & Integration, Inc., B-400356.4, -.5 (May 21, 2009) (unreasonable rejection of proposal for providing number of certified staff rather than percentage of certified staff)

Ahtna Support & Training Services, LLC, B-400947.2 (May 15, 2009) (unequal evaluation of experience of proposed subcontractors of awardee and protester)

CIGNA Government Services, B-401062.2, .3 (May 6, 2009) ( agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions where it determined that certain of protester's proposed costs were understated and  adjusted most probable cost estimate associated with protester's costs upwards rather than reopening discussions to allow it an opportunity to address the issue; agency evaluated past performance of the awardee's minor subcontractor where solicitation provided for consideration of past performance only of "significant" or "critical" subcontractors; and (iii) agency presented no rational basis for its less favorable evaluation of protester's proposal for one of  awards contemplated under solicitation  than for another, essentially identical proposal submitted by protester for a different award under same solicitation)

American K-9 Detection Services, Inc., B-400464.6 (May 5, 2009) (lack of meaningful discussions)

Wisconsin Physician Service Insurance Corp., B-401063 (May 4, 2009) (flawed cost realism, technical, and past performance evaluations; lack of meaningful discussions re protester's past performance)

LIS, Inc., B-400646.2, .3 (Mar. 25, 2009) (faulty best value analysis lacking in supporting documentation)

The S. M. Stoller Corp., B- 400937, .3, .4 (Mar. 25, 2009) (improper relaxation of PWS requirements for one offeror without informing others that such relaxation was permissible)

ACCESS Systems, Inc., B-400623.3 (Mar. 4, 2009) (evaluation did not justify award to higher priced offeror)

Arc-Tech, Inc. B-400325.3 (Feb. 19, 2009) (improper exclusion of proposal from competitive range without documentation showing it was technically unacceptable and without evaluation of cost)

The Analysis Group, LLC, B-4 (Nov. 13, 2009) (agency improperly conducted discussions only with successful offeror and did not properly evaluate successful offeror's "impaired objectivity" OCI)

Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., B-400771, -.2 (Jan. 27, 2009) (past performance evaluation based upon contract too small to be considered similar to current procurement is not reasonable)

Tiger Truck, LLC, B-400685 (Jan. 14, 2009) (agency's failure to conduct meaningful discussion and failed to follow correct procedures for products identified as non-compliant with the Trade Agreements Act)

Velos, Inc., et al., B-400500, et al. (Nov. 28, 2008) (agency misled protester during discussions into believing that license software terms were acceptable and then found them unacceptable)

Burchick Construction Co., B-400342 (Oct. 6, 2008) (failure to conduct meaningful discussions regarding weaknesses in several parts of its technical proposal, including past performance, small business participation, and quality control plan)

Helicopter Transport Services LLC, B-400295 (Sep. 29, 2008) (undocumented past performance evaluation; improper technical evaluation on pass/fail basis)

Radiation Oncology Group of WNY, PC, B-310354.2, -.3 (Sept. 18, 2008) (late proposal revisions; lack of documented basis for evaluation)

ASRC Research & Technology Solutions, LLC, B-400217, -.2 (Aug. 21, 2008) (flawed technical risk and past performance evaluations; cost of hiring incumbent personnel)

New Jersey & H Street, LLC, B-311314.3 (June 30, 2008) (lack of meaningful discussions; improperly crediting awardee for an approach that did not comply with the solicitation's requirements)

Master Lock Company, LLC, B-309982.2 (June 24, 2008) (improperly raising awardee's evaluation scores in socioeconomic and JWOD evaluation factors solely on the basis that it was a small business)

Trammel Crow Co., B-311314.2 (June 20, 2008) (lack of meaningful discussions; improperly crediting awardee for an approach that did not comply with the solicitation's requirements)

Consolidated Engineering Services, Inc., B-311313 (June10, 2008) (flawed technical evaluation; flawed experience evaluation; undisclosed evaluation of transition risk involved in moving to non-incumbent)

MCT JV, B-311245.2; B-311245.4 (May 16, 2008) (lack of meaningful discussions; failure of agency to assess performance risks associated with  awardee's failure to follow solicitation criterion warning offerors not to propose unrealistically low costs after awardee capped its indirect rates below its actual costs)

Joint Venture Penauille/BMAR & Associates, LLC, B-311200; B-311200.2 (May 13, 2008) (defective price evaluation)

Native American Industrial Distributors, Inc., B-310737.3, .4, .5 (Apr. 15, 2008)(failure of awardee to provide required letters of commitment for all key personnel)

Fedcar Company, Ltd., B-310980. -.2, -.3 (Mar. 25, 2008)(faulty price evaluation; inadequate price/technical trade-off analysis; agency counter offered instead of accepting awardee's offer, so no contract formed)

Pemco Aeroplex, Inc. B-310372--press release (December 27, 2007) (faulty cost evaluation)

AT&T Corp., B-299542.3, -.4 (Nov. 16, 2007) (lack of meaningful discussion; irrational evaluation of management proposal)

Doyon American Mechanical, JV; NAJV, LLC, B-310003, 310003.2 (Nov. 15, 2007) (faulty past experience evaluation)

Earl Industries, LLC, B-309996, 309996.4 (Nov. 5, 2007) (faulty cost realism and cost/technical tradeoff evaluation)

GlassLock, Inc., B-299931, 299931.2 (Oct. 10, 2007) (irrational evaluation of task order quotation)

Contingency Management Group, LLC; IAC World Services, Inc. B-309752 et al (Oct. 7, 2007) (flawed evaluation)

General Dynamics Information Technology, B-299873  (Sept. 19, 2007) (irrational price evaluation)

Systems Research and Applications Corp.; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., B- 299818 (Sept. 6, 2007) (admission of former employee/father of current employee to protective order; failure of agency to qualitatively assess differences in proposals in best value procurement)

Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors, B-299766; B-299766.2 (August 10, 2007) (lack of meaningful discussions; failure to notify offeror of defects in prototype; failure to permit offeror to correct defects in prototype) 

Carson Helicopter Services, Inc., B-299720, -299720.2 (July 30, 2007) (unreasonable evaluation)

Panacea Consulting, Inc., B-299307.4, -299308.4 (July 27, 2007) (evaluation lacks rational basis) 

Caddell Constr. Co., B- 298949.2 (June 15, 2007) (evaluation in contravention of statutory requirements--overturned by the CoFC in the Grunley Walsh decision)

IBM Corp., B-299504, 299504.2 (June, 4, 2007)(improper price/cost evaluation; improper cost adjustments to proposals)   

Apptis, Inc., B-299457, -2199457.2, 299457.3 (May 23, 2007)(irrational evaluation of technical performance risk; lack of meaningful discussions; untimely protest that evaluator had conflict of interest)

Midland Supply, Inc., B-298720.3 (May 14, 2007) (evaluation; past performance)

Computer Sciences Corp. et al., B-298494.2 et al. (May 10, 2007) (discussions)

L-3 Communications Titan Corp., B-299317, et al (Mar. 29, 2007) (evaluation)

Johnson Controls Security Systems, LLC, B-296490.3, et al, Mar. 23, 2007 (staffing evaluation; past performance)

Sikorsky Aircraft Co.; Lockheed Martin Syst. Int., B-299145, et al (Feb. 26, 2007) (cost evaluation)

Global Analytic Information Technology Services, Inc., B- 298840.2 (Feb. 6, 2007) (evaluation; discussions)

Magellan Health Services, B- 298912 (Jan. 5, 2007) (cost realism evaluation; best value determination)

ALATEC Inc., B-298730, Dec. 4, 2006 (evaluation and small business issues)

Midland Supply, Inc., B-298720; B-298720.2, Nov. 29, 2006 (evaluation)

Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., B-298694, et al, Nov. 16, 2006 (misevaluation)

Singleton Enterprises, B-298576, Oct. 30, 2006 (unreasonable past performance evaluation)

SunEdison, LLC, B-298583; B-298583.2, Oct. 30, 2006 (misevaluation of price)

Multimax, Inc., et al, B-298249.6, et al, Oct. 24, 2006 (discussions and evaluation)

ITT Federal Services Int'l Corp., B-296783 (Oct. 11, 2005) (evaluation)

Advanced Technology Systems, Inc., B-296493.6, Oct. 6, 2006 (evaluation and responsibility)

Family Entertainment Services, Inc. B-298047.3, Sept. 20, 2006 (evaluation)

Advanced Systems Development, Inc., B-298411; B-298411.2, Sept. 19, 2006 (discussion and evaluation)

Intercon Assocs., Inc., B-298282; B-298282.2, Aug. 10, 2006 (evaluation)

Serco, Inc., B-298266, Aug. 9, 2006 (evaluation)

Fabritech, Inc., B-298247; B-298247.2, July 27, 2006 (discussions; small business responsibility)

Magnum Medical Personnel, A Joint Venture, B-297687.2, June 20, 2006 (evaluation)

University of Dayton Research Inst., B-296946.6, June 15, 2006 (discussions)

CIGNA Government Services, LLC, B-297915.2, May 4, 2006 (discussions and late revisions)

Metro Machine Corp., B-297879.2, May 3, 2006 (cost evaluation)

TVI Corp., B-297849, Apr. 19, 2006 (evaluation: past performance risk and small business participation)

Low & Associates, Inc., B-297444.2, Apr. 13, 2006 (improper waiver of requirements)

Al Long Ford, B-297807, Apr. 12, 2006 (evaluation)

Novex Enterprises, B-297660; B-297660.2, Mar. 6, 2006 (evaluation)

Information Ventures, Inc., B-297276.2, et al, Mar. 1, 2006 (evaluation)

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., B-297553, Feb. 15, 2006 (evaluation)

Computers Universal, Inc., B-297552, Feb. 14, 2006 (evaluation)

MMI-Federal Marketing Service Corp., B-297537, Feb. 8, 2006 (reliance on offeror's representation)

KIC Development, LLC, B-297425.2, Jan. 26, 2006 (evaluation)

Sytronics, Inc., B-297346, Dec. 29, 2005 (evaluation)

Spectrum Security Services, Inc., B-297320.2; B-297320.3, Dec. 29, 2005 (small business size; evaluation)

Global, A 1st Flagship Company, B-297235; B-297235.2, Dec. 27,2005 (evaluation)

Wiltex Inc., B-297234.2; B-297234.3, Dec. 27, 2005 (noncompliance with material requirements)

Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc., B-296176.2, Dec. 9, 2005 (past performance evaluation)

Haworth, Inc., B-297077, B-297077.2, Nov. 23, 2005 (evaluation and responsiveness)

YORK Building Services, Inc., B-296948.2; B-296948.3; B-296948.4, Nov. 3, 2005 (evaluation)

Spherix, Inc., B-294572.3; B-294572.4, Oct. 20, 2005 (discussions and evaluation)

J.A. Farrington Janitorial Services, B-296875, Oct. 18, 2005 (small business responsibility; past performance)

Cogent Systems, Inc., B-295990.4; B-295990.5, Oct. 6, 2005 (evaluation)

BAE Technical Services, Inc., B-296699, Oct. 5, 2005 (evaluation)

Coastal Maritime Stevedoring, LLC, B-296627, Sept. 22, 2005 (evaluation)

R&G Food Service, Inc., d/b/a Port-A-Pit Catering, B-296435.4; B-296435.9, Sept. 15, 2005 (evaluation)

Johnson Controls Security Systems, B-296490; -.2, Aug. 29, 2005 (proposal misrepresentations; best value)

Liquidity Services, Inc., B-294053, Aug. 18, 2004 (evaluation)

Resource Consultants, Inc., B-293073.3; et al, June 2, 2004 (price evaluation)

Front Line Apparel Group, B-295989, June 1, 2005 (discussions and evaluation)

Poly-Pacific Technologies, Inc., B-296029, June 1, 2005 (relaxation of performance requirements)

Patriot Contract Services -- Advisory Opinion, B-294777.3, May 11, 2005 (evaluation--advisory opinion)

Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.; Broadwing, B-295526, et al, Mar. 16, 2005 (evaluation)

Creative Information Technology, Inc., B-293073.10, Mar. 16, 2005 (meaningful discussions)

Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc., B-295352, et al., Feb. 8, 2005 (evaluation preference)

Cooperativa Muratori Ruminiti, B-294890 et al., Jan. 21, 2005 (evaluation)

Cooley/Engineered Membranes; GTA Containers, Inc., B-294896.2 et al., Jan 21, 2005 (evaluation--technical acceptability)

EPW Closure Services, et al, B-294910, et al, Jan. 12, 2005 (evaluation)

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corp., et al, B-295401, et al, Feb. 24, 2005 (Druyun; biased evaluation; lack of equal discussions)

ProTech Corp., B-294818, Dec. 30, 2004 (evaluation)

Gulf Copper Ship Repair, Inc., B-293706.5, Sept. 10, 2004 (discussions)

Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., B-292354; B-292388, Sept. 2, 2003 (cost realism evaluation)  

Responsiveness; Bid Mistakes and Corrections; Late Bids

Veterans Contracting Group, Inc., B-405940 (Jan. 12, 2012) (bid improperly rejected as nonresponsive for proposing chiller and refrigerant not prohibited by specifications)

W. B. Construction and Sons, Inc., B-405818, .2 (Jan. 4, 2012) (improper rejection of bid as nonresponsive for failing to provide price for one of many line items included in bid schedule, where omitted item was (i) divisible from solicitation’s overall requirements, (ii) de minimis as to total cost, and (iii) would not affect the competitive standing of the bidders; improper rejection of bid as unbalanced where  agency failed to conduct  FAR 15.404-1(g) risk analysis to determine whether unbalanced bid posed unacceptable risk to Government)

NCI Information Systems, Inc., B-405745 (Dec. 14, 2011) (proposal is late because submitted after time stated in FAR (4:30 pm) for application to solicitations that do not include a specific time by which proposals must be received)

Shaka, Inc., B-405552 (Nov. 14, 2011) (agency improperly found rejected bid bond that bidder obtained bond through its sub's relationship with the surety and, therefore, improperly rejected bid as nonresponsive)

MEDI-e-ImageData Corp., B-405164 (Sep. 16, 2011) (awardee's proposal did not comply with material requirements of request for quotations)

Solers, Inc., B-404032.3, .4 (Apr. 6, 2011) (awardee took exception to solicitation requirement to propose fixed price)

Ocean Services, LLC, B-404690 (Apr. 6, 2011) (agency should not have rejected bid whose acceptance period expired on a Saturday when the bidder revived it the next Monday by extending the acceptance period)

Hostetter, Keach & Cassandra Construction LLC, B-403329 (Oct. 15, 2010) (discrepancy in names of bidder and bid bond principal not cause for rejection of bid as nonresponsive where the record shows they are the same entity)

Data Integrators, Inc., B-213928 (Jan. 31, 2008) (agency's improper acceptance of a late quotation)

Bighorn Lumber Co., B- 299906 (Sept. 25, 2007) (mistake in bid; correction)

M.Braun, Inc., B-298935.2 (May 21, 2007) (tardy, qualified quotation)

SourceLink Ohio, LLC, B-229258 (Mar. 12, 2007) (responsiveness)

Tessa Structures, LLC, B-298835, Dec. 14, 2006 (improper finding of nonresponsiveness)

Squires Timber Co., B-298859, Dec. 1, 2006 (improper finding of nonresponsiveness)

Miramar Construction, Inc., B-298609, Oct. 31, 2006 (improper bid correction)

Wyse Technology, Inc., B-297454, Jan. 24, 2006 (Trade Agreements Act; place of manufacture)

Charter Environmental, Inc., B-297219, Dec. 5, 2005 (responsiveness and responsibility)

Haworth, Inc., B-297077, B-297077.2, Nov. 23, 2005 (evaluation and responsiveness)

MadahCom, Inc.--Reconsideration,B-297261.2, Nov. 21, 2005 (timeliness)

Odyssey International, Inc., B-296855.2, Nov. 16, 2005 (bid mistake)

Fort Mojave/Hummel, a Joint Venture, B-296961, Oct. 18, 2005 (responsiveness)

OMB Circular A-76 Cost Comparisons

Bruce Bancroft--Agency Tender Official; Sam Rodriquez--Designated Employee Agent (lack of agency documentation supporting conclusion that staffing plan was adequate)

Frank A. Bloomer--Agency Tender Official, B-401482.2, .3 , (Oct. 19, 2009) (improper cost and cost-realism evaluations of private sector offer in OMB Circular A-76 public-private competition)

New Dynamics Corp., B-401272 (July 8, 2009) (agency failed to reasonably consider whether agency tender's material and supply costs were realistic in A-76 procurement)

Rosemary Livingston--Agency Tender Official, B-401102.2 (July 6, 2009) (OMB A-76 public-private competition; inadequate documentation and inconsistent agency statements concerning tender's shortcomings)

FSS Contracts; Task and Delivery Order Issues

Aldevra, B-406331, 406391 (Apr. 20, 2012) (VA violated Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 by issuing FSS acquisition without having first determined whether two or more SDVOSBs could meet agency's requirements at  reasonable price)

Crosstown Courier Service, Inc., B-406262 (Mar. 21, 2012) (VA violated Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 by issuing FSS acquisition without having first determined whether two or more SDVOSBs could meet agency's requirements at  reasonable price)

Kingdomware Technologies, B-405727 (Dec. 19, 2011) (agency improperly used FSS procedures rather than setting procurement aside for SDVOSBs as required by the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006)

Rapiscan Systems, Inc., B-401773.2, .3 (Mar. 15, 2010) (purchase order for items not included in vendor's FSS contract was improper where solicitation had limited competition to vendors holding FSS contracts)

DynCorp International LLC, B-402349 (Mar. 15, 2010) (task order solicitations were outside the scope of multiple award contracts)

American Security Programs, Inc., B-402069, .2 (Jan. 15, 2010) (task order was outside scope of FSS contract)

C & B Construction, Inc., B-401988.2 (Jan. 10, 2010) (lack of documentation by agency of rationale for selecting higher-priced quotation for task order under BPA)

Science Applications International Corp., B-401773 (Nov. 10, 2009) (purchase order for items not on vendor's FSS contract list was improper after solicitation limited to firms holding FSS contracts for required items)

Carahsoft Technology Corp., B-401169  (June 29, 2009) (agency unreasonably issued an order based on a proposal that failed to meet one of the minimum technical requirements of the specification)

Seaborn Health Care, Inc., B-400429 (Oct. 27, 2008) (improper requirement for non-FSS supervisory services in RFQ limited to FSS contractors)

3SG Corp., B-298957 (Jan. 5, 2007) (issuance of delivery order)

Tarheel Specialties, Inc., B-298197; B-298197.2, July 17, 2006 (task order)

Envirosolve LLC, B-294974.4, June 8, 2005 (blanket purchased agreements; failure to take corrective action)

KEI Pearson, Inc., B- 294226.3 et al, Jan. 10, 2005 (issuance of task order)

Changed Requirements

Global Computer Enterprises, Inc., B-404597, et al. (Mar. 9, 2011) (Government's needs for migration services during first two years of contract changed so that they were much less than the amount of migration on which offerors were required to bid)

Sole Source; Restricted Competition; Bundling

Aldevra, B-406331, 406391 (Apr. 20, 2012) (VA violated Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 by issuing FSS acquisition without having first determined whether two or more SDVOSBs could meet agency's requirements at  reasonable price)

DNO, Inc., B-406256, .2 (Mar. 22, 2012) (agency did not properly investigate whether solicitation should be set aside for small businesses)

Crosstown Courier Service, Inc., B-406262 (Mar. 21, 2012) (VA violated Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 by issuing FSS acquisition without having first determined whether two or more SDVOSBs could meet agency's requirements at  reasonable price)

Aldevra, B-406205 (Mar. 14, 2012) (VA failed to consider whether solicitation should be set aside for SDVOSBs)

Total Health Resources, B-403209 (Oct. 4, 2010) (solicitation requirement for prime's experience is unduly restrictive where agency cannot establish sub's experience would not suffice)

Information Ventures, Inc., B-403321 (Sep. 27, 2010) (agency did not justify decision not to award multiple ID/IQ contracts rather than just one)

RBC Bearings, Inc. B-401661, -.2 (Oct. 27, 2009) (lack of advance planning doomed sole source award)

OSC Solutions, Inc.  B-401498 (Sep. 14, 2009) (cancellation of RFQ and issuance of orders on a sole-source basis to a non-profit agency under the authority of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act is improper because the acquired items are not on the procurement list maintained by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled)

Major Contracting Services, Inc. B-401472 (Sep. 14, 2009) (agency lacked sufficient basis for 4-month sole-source extension of contract)

Mission Critical Solutions, B-401057 (May 4, 2009) (invalid sole-source award; agency's failure to consider availability of HUB-Zone competitors)

Solutions Lucid Group, LLC, B-400967 (Apr. 2, 2009)(agency did not have rational basis for failing to solicit from protester)

SMARTnet, Inc., B-400651.2 (Jan. 27, 2009) (solicitation requirement exceeded agency's minimum needs)

Critical Process Filtration, Inc. B-400751 (Jan. 22, 2009) (agency may not split orders to come within simplified acquisition threshold, and utilize its procedures, where total estimated quantity exceeds simplified acquisition threshold)

Delex Systems, Inc., B-400403 (Oct. 8, 2008) (per FAR 19.502-2(b) (request for delivery order under multiple-award ID/IQ contract should have been set aside for small businesses rather than being unrestricted)

Superlative Technologies, Inc. B-310849, -.2 (Jan. 4, 2008) (procurement integrity; improper cancellation of solicitation)

Gonzales-McCaulley Investment Group, Inc., B- 299936.2 (Nov. 5, 2007) (agency failed to investigate its own concerns about source selection; canceling solicitation was mere pretext)

Executive Protective Security Service, Inc. B- 299954.3 (Oct. 22, 2007) (violation of Stafford Act)

Barnes Aerospace Group, B-298864; B-298864.2, Dec. 26, 2006 (sole source, source approval)

eFedBudget Corp., B-298627, Nov. 15, 2006 (sole source)

MadahCom, Inc., B-298277, Aug. 7, 2006 (undue restrictions on competition)

M.D. Thompson Consulting, LLC, B-297616; B-297616.2, Feb. 14, 2006 (sole source)

Crane & Company, Inc., B-297398, Jan. 18, 2006 (length of contract and restrictive competition)

Europe Displays, Inc., B-297099, Dec. 5, 2005 (sole source)

WorldWide Language Resources, Inc., B-296984, et al, Nov. 14, 2005 (sole source)

Sigmatech, Inc., B-296401, Aug. 10, 2005 (bundling)

Rand & Jones Enterprises Co., B-296483, Aug. 4, 2005 (improper cancellation of solicitation)

Cooperativa Muratori Riuniti, B-294980.5, July 27, 2005 (restrictions on competition; proposal revision)

VSE Corp., B-290452.3, et al, May 23, 2005 (sole source)

USA Fabrics, Inc., B-295737; B-295737.2, Apr. 19, 2005 (small business set-aside; restrictions on competition)

Small Business, SDVOSB, and HUBZone Issues

The Argos Group, LLC, B-406040 (Jan. 24, 2012) (pre-award protest; 10 percent price evaluation preference required by Historically Underutilized Business Zone Act of 1997, 15 U.S.C. § 657a(b)(3)(B), should be applied in GSA lease procurement because statute applies "in any case in which a contract is to be awarded on the basis of full and open competition," and (i) the lease that will result from this procurement is a contract; (ii) the agency is using full and open competition to award the contract; and (iii) there is no language in the statute suggesting that an exception is applicable for GSA lease procurements)

Commandeer Construction Co. LLC, B-405771 (Dec. 29, 2011) (agency improperly rejected bid of apparently successful offeror on SDVOSB set-aside because the bidder was not listed as eligible on VA's Vendor Information pages when solicitation indicated such businesses were entitled to expedited verification reviews)

W. B. Construction and Sons, Inc., B-405874, .2 (Dec. 16, 2011) (improper award of 8(a) contract to a legal entity form (corporation) different from the one that submitted the proposal (LLC)

Kingdomware Technologies, B-405727 (Dec. 19, 2011) (agency improperly used FSS procedures rather than setting procurement aside for SDVOSBs as required by the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006)

Construct Solutions, Inc., B-405288, .2 (Oct. 11, 2011) (agency should terminate award and award contract to protester where SBA reversed its initial refusal to issue COC to SDVOSB protester because it was based on use of wrong standard for determining compliance with "Limitations on Subcontracting" clause )

Aldevra, B-405271, -405524 (Oct. 11, 2011) (VA violated Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 and implementing regulations in the VAAR by using non-mandatory FSS procedures rather than setting aside acquisition for  SDVOSBs; FAR provisions implementing separate Veterans Benefit Act of 2003 are not controlling)

Explo Systems, Inc., B-404952, .2 (July 8, 2011) (solicitation language clearly required agency to apply HUBZone price evaluation preference in evaluating proposals, even though HUBZone proposal was lower in price than the large business proposal)

Powerhouse Design Architects & Engineers, Ltd., B-403174 et al. (Oct. 7, 2010) (VA failed to set aside architect-engineering services procurements for SDVOSBs)

Rice Services, Inc., B-402966.2 (Sep. 16, 2010) (agency failed to consider whether SDVOSB set-aside should be reserved for HUBZone concerns)

Rice Services, Inc., B-403746 (Sep. 16, 2010) (agency failed to consider whether SDVOSB set-aside should be reserved for HUBZone concerns)

DGR Associates, Inc., B-402404 (May 14, 2010) (agency failed to consider whether conditions for HUBZone set-aside existed before proceeding with 8(a) set-aside)

Eagle Home Medical Corp., B-402387 (Mar. 29, 2010) (agency failed to amend solicitation to comply with SBA OHA decision that NAICS code was improper)

Delex Systems, Inc., B-400403 (Oct. 8, 2008) (per FAR 19.502-2(b) (request for delivery order under multiple-award ID/IQ contract should have been set aside for small businesses rather than being unrestricted)

International Program Group, Inc. B-400278, 400308 (Sep. 19, 2008) (agency failed to consider whether conditions for HUB-Zone set-aside existed before proceeding with SDVOSB set-aside)

Singleton Enterprises-GMT Mechanical, A Joint Venture, B-310552 (Jan. 10, 2008) (procuring agency's improper determination that offeror was nonresponsive due to lack of SDVOSB status)

Alliance Detective & Security Service, Inc., B-299342 (Apr.  13, 2007)(small business size)    

MCS Portable Restroom Service, B-299291 (Mar. 28, 2007)(SDVOSB set-aside; sole source)

Hydroid LLC, B-299072 (Jan. 31, 2007) (ineligible small business)

ALATEC Inc., B-298730, Dec. 4, 2006 (evaluation and small business issues)

Bausch & Lomb, Inc., B-298444, Sept. 21, 2006 (sole source)

Fabritech, Inc., B-298247; B-298247.2, July 27, 2006 (discussions; small business responsibility)

Spectrum Security Services, Inc., B-297320.2; B-297320.3, Dec. 29, 2005 (small business size; evaluation)

J.A. Farrington Janitorial Services, B-296875, Oct. 18, 2005 (small business responsibility; past performance)

USA Fabrics, Inc., B-295737; B-295737.2, Apr. 19, 2005 (small business set-aside; restrictions on competition)

Conflicts of Interest

VSE Corp., B-404833.4 (Nov. 21, 2011) (Contracting Officer's termination of awarded contract based on appearance of impropriety due to contractor's employment of former federal employee as consultant lacks rational basis, being largely based misunderstandings and unfounded assumptions as to facts and applicable law)

PCCP Constructors, JV; Bechtel Infrastructure Corp., B-405036, et al. (Aug. 4, 2011) (agency's investigation of OCI was inadequate because it did not consider former official's access to source selection information about procurement through prior access to documents and continuing contacts with source selection officials) 

B. L. Harbert Brasfield & Gorrie, JV, B-402229 (Feb. 16, 2010) (two types of organizational conflicts of interest: unequal access to information and biased ground rules)

McCarthy/Hunt, JV, B-402229.2 (Feb. 16, 2010) (two types of organizational conflicts of interest: unequal access to information and biased ground rules)

C2C Solutions, Inc., B-401106.5 (Jan. 25, 2010) (inadequate evaluation of mitigation plan for organizational conflict of interest)

Cahaba Safeguards Administrators, LLC, B-401842.2 (Jan. 25, 2010) (inadequate evaluation of mitigation plan for organizational conflict of interest)

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, B-401652.3, -.5 (Nov. 4, 2009) (flawed past performance, price realism, and proposal risk evaluations, as well as appearance of conflict of interest)

L-3 Services, Inc., B-400134.11, -.12 (Sep. 3, 2009) (organizational conflicts of interest)

The Analysis Group, LLC, B-4 (Nov. 13, 2009) (agency improperly conducted discussions only with successful offeror and did not properly evaluate successful offeror's "impaired objectivity" OCI)

Nortel Government Solutions, Inc., B-299522.5, -.6 (Dec. 30, 2008) (organizational conflicts of interest)

AT&T Government Solutions, Inc., B-400216 (Aug. 28, 2008) (organizational conflicts of interest; agency's failure to evaluate offeror's mitigation plan; agency's failure to give offeror opportunity to respond to perceived weaknesses in its proposal)

Celadon Laboratories, Inc., B-298533, Nov. 1, 2006 (conflicts of interest)

Greenleaf Construction Company, Inc., B-293105.18; B-293105.19, Jan. 17, 2006 (conflict of interest; responsibility)

Alion Science & Technology Corp., B-297342, Jan. 9, 2006 (conflicts of interest)

Bid & Proposal and/or Protest Costs

Friendship Dental Laboratories, Inc., B-404741.4 (Aug. 24, 2011) (protester entitled of costs of pursuing protest because agency filed agency report disputing protest after agency knew protest ground had merit)

Nationwide IT Services, Inc. - Costs, B-404160.2 (Aug. 9, 2011) (GAO recommends reimbursement of costs only on the one, severable protest ground concerning which the agency undertook corrective action after GAO indicated it would sustain that part of protest during ADR procedures)

Symvionics, Inc.--Costs, B-403230.6 (May 16, 2011) (agency unduly delayed taking corrective action until after outcome determination conference)

Greentree Transportation Co.--Costs, B-403556.4 (May 16, 2011) (agency unduly delayed taking corrective action until after outcome determination conference)

Facility Services Management, Inc.--Costs, B-402575.5 (Sept. 27, 2010) (agency unreasonably delayed taking corrective action until after filing agency report)

Baine Clark Co., Inc.--Costs, B-401172.4 (June 7, 2010) (limits recoverable costs to those related to current protest and not toward possible settlement)

Transportation Security Administration--Costs, B-400340.8 (May 20, 2010) (grants cost-of-living upward adjustment to statutory limit on hourly rate for attorney fees in protest)

Basic Commerce and Industries, Inc.--Costs, B-401702.3 (Feb. 22, 2010) (recommends reimbursement of costs on clearly meritorious protest where agency did not undertake corrective action until after filing agency report)

KAES Enterprises LLC--Protest and Costs, B-402050.4 (Feb. 12, 2010) (recommends award of costs of filing original protest against exclusion from competitive range without any consideration of price, even though protest of subsequent cancellation of solicitation is denied)

ManTech Systems Engineering Corp.; TWD & Associates, Inc., B-401542.6, .7  (Dec. 22, 2009) (agency delayed corrective action until after results of "outcome prediction" ADR were given)

Alsalam Aircraft Co.--Costs, B-401298.3 (Nov. 5, 2009) (awards costs under FMS procurement where agency delayed corrective action on clearly meritorious protest until after filing agency report)

Public Communications Services, Inc., B-400058.4--Costs (June 25, 2009) (recommends reimbursement of costs for pursuing protest plus costs of pursuing claim for reimbursement of costs)

Commercial Design Group, Inc.--Costs, B-400923.3  (June 10, 2009) (grants request for reimbursement of protest costs where agency unreasonably delayed in taking corrective action in face of clearly meritorious protest re insufficiency of resumes submitted by awardee)

Core Tech International Corp.--Costs, B-400047.2 (Mar. 11, 2009) (award of costs)

Pond Security Group Italia JV--Costs, B-400149.2 (Mar. 19, 2009)(grants request for protest costs; award of costs in protest based on solicitation defect is not dependent upon post-protest events in competition)

Celadon Laboratories, Inc., B-298533.2 (Nov. 7, 2008) (proposal preparation and protest costs)

Al Qabandi United Company; American General Trading & Contracting--Costs, B-3310600.3, -.4 (June 5, 2008) (protest costs)

Burns and Roe Services Corp., B-310828.2 (Apr. 28, 2008) (protest costs; severable issues)

Sysorex Federal, Inc.--Costs, B-310273.2 (Mar. 28, 2008) (protest costs; agency's delay in taking corrective action)

Eagle Home Medical Corp., B-299821.3 (Feb. 4, 2008) (protest costs)

World Communications Center, Inc. --Costs, B-310398.4 (Jan. 16, 2008) (protest costs)

The Salvation Army Community Corrections Program--Costs, B-208866.3 (August 29, 2007) (protest costs)

Panacea Consulting, Inc., B-299307.3, -299308.3 (July 24, 2007) (protest costs)

T Square Logistics Services Corp., B-297790.6 (June 7, 2007) (protest costs)

EBSCO Publishing, Inc.--Costs, B-298918.4 (May 7, 2007) (protest costs, hourly attorney rates)

University of Dayton Research Inst.--Costs, B-296946.7, Oct. 23, 2006 (reimbursable protest costs)

BAE Technical Services, Inc.--Costs, B-296699.3, Aug. 11, 2006 (protest costs)

T Square Logistics Services Corp.--Costs, B-297790.4, Apr. 26, 2006 (protest costs)

Johnson Controls World Services, Inc.--Costs, B-295529.4, Aug. 19, 2005 (protest costs)

Department of State--Costs, B-295352.5, Aug. 18, 2005 (protest costs--attorney hourly rate)

Corrective Action

Power Connector, Inc., B-404916.2 (Aug. 15, 2011) (after agency amended solicitation as corrective action, it should have permitted offerors to revise all aspects of their proposals, including price)

JER 370 Third Street, LLC, B-402025.2, -402541 (June 1, 2010) (agency lacked rational basis for canceling solicitation)

Ewing Construction Co., B-401887.3, .4 (Apr. 26, 2010) (in taking corrective action in response to prior protest, agency improperly evaluated part of proposal as rendering firm ineligible for award)

Lockheed Martin Systems Integration Owego; Sikorsky Aircraft Co., B-299145.5, -.6  (Aug. 30, 2007) (unsatisfactory corrective action by agency)  

Envirosolve LLC, B-294974.4, June 8, 2005 (blanket purchased agreements; failure to take corrective action)