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Protests
Court Freezes Army Corps' Kuwait Construction Contract Over Hidden Price Test
A Court of Federal Claims judge halted the Army Corps' Kuwait construction IDIQ after finding evaluators secretly ran a price-realism test the solicitation never disclosed, penalizing the protester's lower pricing.
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Protests
Army's $50B MAPS Contract Faces Seven New GAO Protests Over Scorecard Deadline
Seven companies filed GAO protests against the Army's $50B MAPS solicitation, citing a compressed four-day scorecard deadline, FAR Overhaul conflicts, and small-business credit disputes, pushing the September award target into a mid-September to mid-October GAO decision window.
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$699M Army Corps Fuel-Facilities MATOC Stays Intact After GAO Protest
GAO denies GSINA-Pacific's protest of its phase-one elimination from the Army Corps' $699M, seven-year POL facilities construction MATOC, finding the past-performance evaluation reasonable and no competitive prejudice.
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Severable Grounds Cost Accura Part of Its Protest Bill in $1.1M Army Corps QA Fight
GAO refused to reimburse Accura Engineering for its technical-evaluation arguments even after sustaining the firm's price challenge against an Army Corps quality-assurance award, ruling the losing grounds were 'readily severable' from the winning ones.
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Army Goat Supply Award Holds as GAO Splits USDA License From Facility Capacity Test
GAO denied Indigo Ridge Farms’ protest of an Army live goat supply contract, ruling USDA licensing and facility capacity are distinct solicitation requirements. SOF Landing’s Class B license covering 200 animals satisfied the license criterion independently from its 500-animal facility documentation.
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SAIC Loses GAO Protest Over $1.4B Army Corps CASTLE-NET Award to Accenture
GAO denied SAIC's bid protest over the Army Corps of Engineers' $1.4B CASTLE-NET enterprise IT contract award to Accenture Federal Services, finding the agency's evaluation of proposals was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's stated criteria.
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GAO Sustains Protest After Army Corps Accepts Bid That Failed to Acknowledge Material Amendment
GAO sustained Ryba Marine Construction's protest against the Army Corps of Engineers in B-423796.2, ruling that the awardee's failure to acknowledge a material IFB amendment — regardless of the $21,000 cost impact — rendered its bid nonresponsive and required rejection.
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GAO Denies Protest Against Army Corps Despite Agency Waiving Material Solicitation Requirements
GAO denied a bid protest against the Army Corps of Engineers in case B-423821, ruling that even if the agency waived two material solicitation requirements, the protester failed to show it suffered competitive prejudice — a required element that contractors frequently overlook.
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GAO Sustains Protest Against Army Corps for Giving Vendors One Hour to Respond to Solicitation Amendment
GAO sustained a bid protest on February 18 against the Army Corps of Engineers for issuing a solicitation amendment with a one-hour response deadline, finding the agency violated FAR requirements for reasonable vendor response time in a procurement for Navy installation appliances.
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Army's $50B MAPS Professional Services Contract Faces Nine Pre-Award GAO Protests Over Evaluation Transparency
Nine firms filed GAO protests against the Army's Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services, citing unanswered industry questions and ambiguous small business evaluation criteria. Awards are now on hold until at least August.
