About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-419546 Apr 26, 2021 1 (2021-04-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaolkp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Innovate Now, LLC File: B-419546 Date: April 26, 2021 John R. Prairie, Esq., Cara L. Lasley, Esq., and Adam R. Briscoe, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Colonel Patricia S. Wiegman-Lenz, Michael J. Farr, Esq., Captain David J. Ely, and Edward S. Fisher, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Meagan K. Guerzon, Esq., for the Small Business Administration. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging solicitation requirement that protege members of a mentor- protege joint venture have the same level of experience as other offerors is sustained; the requirement violates an express prohibition contained in a Small Business Administration regulation. 2. Protest alleging that solicitation is ambiguous because it requires offerors to demonstrate the staffing used on a prior contract at a single point in time is sustained because the solicitation does not define the single point in time requirement, and offerors will be unable to compete on a common basis. DECISION Innovate Now, LLC, of Beavercreek, Ohio, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8622-21-R-8335, issued by the Department of the Air Force for engineering, professional and administrative support services at the Air Force Material Command headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Innovate argues that the RFP violates the requirements of the Small Business Administration's (SBA) regulations pertaining to small-business mentor-protege offerors, and also is otherwise unduly restrictive of competition. We sustain the protest. The RFP contemplates the issuance of a cost-plus-fixed-fee type task order for a base year and four 1-year options using a unique source selection method that the Air Force

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most