In Island Creek Associates, LLC, B-423301.3 (Dec. 5, 2025), Island Creek Associates protested the Department of the Navy’s award to StraCon Services Group for program management contractor support services. Island Creek did not challenge any aspect of the Navy’s evaluation of proposals. Instead, its protest focused solely on alleged organizational…
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Not All Errors Are Fatal: GAO Finds No Prejudice in DFARS Risk Oversight
In Chugach Logistics and Facility Services JV, LLC, B-423690 (Nov. 20, 2025), CLFS protested an $80 million award by the Department of the Navy to CCS King George 2 LLC (CCS KG) for base operations support at Naval Base Coronado. CLFS alleged that the Navy unreasonably evaluated proposals under the…
A Figment of the Protester’s Imagination: GAO Rejects EY’s Discussions Argument
In Ernst & Young, LLP, B-423491.2 (Sept. 26, 2025), Ernst & Young (EY) protested the scope of corrective action taken by the Department of the Army following EY’s earlier protest of the Army’s award to Guidehouse for support of the Army Financial Improvement program. EY’s initial protest resulted in a…
GAO Backs Agency’s Broad View of Relevance in Past Performance Evaluation
In SRM Group, LLC, B-423695 (Sept. 25, 2025), SRM Group, the incumbent contractor, protested the Army’s award of a contract for lodging and transportation services at Camp Robinson to BryMak & Associates. SRM argued that the agency’s past performance evaluation was flawed and that the resulting best-value tradeoff was unreasonable.…
Requirement Was Clear, Proposal Wasn’t: GAO Upholds Rejection Over QC Plan Omission
In QA Engineering, LLC, B-423716, B-423716.2 (Sept. 30, 2025), QA Engineering protested the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to award a contract for the construction of a pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) to Koman Advantage. QA argued that the agency improperly found its proposal technically unacceptable because it did not…
Unmitigated Conflict and Unexplained Ratings Sink FEC Award in GAO Protest
In Castro & Company, LLC, B-423689, (Nov. 13, 2025), Castro & Company protested the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) decision to award a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to Contracts Management Enterprises (CME) for financial management and accounting support services. Castro argued that CME had an unmitigable impaired objectivity organizational conflict of…
No Unstated Criteria, No Double Counting and No OCI: GAO Rejects Peraton’s Claims in $1 Billion Procurement
In Peraton Inc., B-423639 (September 17, 2025), Peraton Inc. protested the General Services Administration’s award of a task order to General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) for IT lifecycle support services at U.S. Strategic Command. Peraton challenged several aspects of the agency’s evaluation and award decision. It argued that the agency…
Unsigned SF-33? GAO Says That’s Not a Dealbreaker
In Noblis MSD, LLC, B-423599 (September 11, 2025), Noblis MSD, the incumbent contractor, protested the Navy’s award of a technical support services contract to Solute, Inc. Noblis raised several arguments, including that Solute’s proposal was noncompliant because it lacked a signed Standard Form (SF) 33, that the agency unreasonably evaluated…
Post Hoc Excuses Fall Flat: GAO Finds Evaluation Errors in Past Performance Evaluation and Best-Value Tradeoff
In Enviremedial Services, Inc., B-423552 (August 28, 2025), Enviremedial Services, Inc. (ESI) protested the Army Corps of Engineers’ award of a facilities maintenance contract to BryMak & Associates, Inc., alleging flaws in the agency’s price evaluation, past performance analysis and best-value tradeoff. While GAO dismissed ESI’s unbalanced pricing claim, it…
No Edge for Incumbents: GAO Backs Agency’s Past Performance Evaluation
In Advanced Computer Learning Company, LLC, B-423267.2 (September 2, 2025), Advanced Computer Learning Company (ACLC), the incumbent contractor, protested the Navy’s award of a support services and data link training contract to Linchpin Solutions, Inc., challenging the agency’s evaluation of past performance and the resulting best-value tradeoff. ACLC argued that…