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GAO denies SAIC protest of Defense IT contract
A massive contract awarded to Lockheed Martin in June to manage the Defense Information Systems Agency's Global Information Grid remains in place after the Government Accountability Office denied a bid protest from fellow contractor SAIC. Despite SAIC's allegations, GAO found DISA had reasonably evaluated Lockheed's proposal as well as claims of an organization conflict of interest.
Tags: DISA , Global Information Grid , SAIC , Lockheed Martin , GAO , Ralph White , Gerry Fasano , bid protest , Jack Moore
Acquisition executives figuring out how to deal with budget woes
A Federal News Radio exclusive survey of chief acquisition officers and senior procurement executives showed most are not preparing for budget cuts or sequestration. These acquisition executives also say they are protecting money for training acquisition workers. OFPP Administrator Joe Jordan said his office is helping agencies make better decisions about how and where to spend money.
Tags: acquisition , contracting , industry , Joe Jordan , In Depth with Francis Rose , Mythbusters , bid protest , suspension and debarment , Chief Acquisition Officer , OFPP , acquisition workforce training , budget , Jason Miller , exclusive
GSA, DISA face protests of billion dollar awards
CWTSatoTravel objected to the $1.4 billion E- Travel award going to Concur Technologies. SAIC protested DISA's $4.6 billion award for the Global Information Grid management services to Lockheed Martin. Both protestors are the incumbent contractors.
Tags: acquisition , contracting , industry , GSA , DISA , Concur Technologies , E-Travel , CWTSatoTravel , Lockheed Martin , SAIC , GAO , bid protest , Jason Miller
VA, House lawmakers spar over veteran-owned contracting program
The department must decide by Dec. 15 whether or not it will follow GAO's recommendations after losing a bid protest decision. VA tries to explain why service-disabled veteran owned firms do not receive the highest priority for all contracts. Lawmakers express frustration over the agency's explanation.
Tags: contracting , acquisition , industry , VA , House Veterans Affairs Committee , Thomas Leney , Jack Thompson , Bill Johnson , GAO , Ralph White , Greg Kutz , Small business contracting , Service disabled veteran-owned business , Veteran-owned small business , Small business goals , bid protest , Jason Miller
VA to reevaluate T4 protester's bid
The Court of Federal Claims rules in VA's favor on five of six counts. But VA must relook at Standard Communications' bid to see if it meets the solicitation's best value criteria.
Tags: industry , contracting , VA , T4 , Standard Communications , bid protest , Jason Miller , Multiple award contract , IT services , Cy Alba , Piliero Mazza , IBM , Med Trends
Agencies can say no to GAO recs
By law, agencies do not have to follow GAO's recommendations — but most do, says William Welch, chair of the Government Contracts Practice Group at General Counsel.
Tags: William Welch , General Counsel , GAO , VA , SBA , contracting , bid protest , In Depth , Congress
GAO upholds two of three email-as-a-service protests
Two vendors found success in the claim that GSA was unfair in requiring data centers to be housed only in Trade Agreements Act designated countries. GAO also said GSA was ambiguous in its security requirements for cloud data centers. But the vendors lost on their protest of GSA's requirement for a "government-only" cloud.
Tags: technology , contracting , industry , GSA , GAO , technosource information systems , truetandem , cloud computing , Email-as-a-service , bid protest , Jason Miller
More federal contracts protested in 2008
GAO report to Congress shows a 17 percent increase over last year.
Tags: William Shook , contracting , bid protest , GAO , JM , K&L Gates , training , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
More vendors gaining relief from protests
GAO's latest report finds contractors have a 1-in-2 chance to gain some type of relief from agencies when they protest a solicitation. Agencies turning more to alternative dispute resolution to help solve complaints. Bid protests expected to increase in 2010.
Tags: contracting , Mike Golden , GAO , DoD , Bill Shook , Marcia Madsen , Mayer Brown , Shook Doran Koehl , bid protest , alternative dispute resolution , acquisition workforce , budget
More federal contracts protested in 2008
GAO report to Congress shows a 17 percent increase over last year.
Tags: William Shook , contracting , bid protest , GAO , JM , K&L Gates , training , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
