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September 11, 2024
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued the following legal
decisions and opinions of the Comptroller General:
*Bid Protest Decisions:*
B-422634, Ashton Marine Company, September 5, 2024
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Ashton Marine Company, a small business of Muskegon, Michigan, protests the
award of a contract to Midwest Construction Company, LLC, a small business of
Nebraska City, Nebraska, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912P624R0006,
issued by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers for the delivery of
armor stone to six Lake Michigan harbors. The protester contends that the
agency unreasonably eliminated Ashton's proposal from the competition and
failed to conduct meaningful and equal discussions.
We deny the protest.
B-422251.7, Federal Working Group, Inc., September 10, 2024
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Federal Working Group, Inc. (FWG), of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance a
task order by the Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), to Intellect Solutions, LLC, pursuant to request for quotations
(RFQ) No. 2031JW23Q00021, to perform various information technology (IT)
services. FWG challenges several aspects of the agency's evaluation, including
the agency's determination that the key personnel resumes FWG submitted
rendered its quotation unacceptable. Protest at 14-15. FWG also asserts that
the agency's evaluation of Intellect's quotation was flawed. Id. at 20-21.
We deny the protest.
B-422638, ITility, LLC, September 5, 2024
https://www.gao.gov/products/B-422638 [
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ITility, LLC, of Chantilly, Virginia, protests the terms of fair opportunity
proposal request (FOPR) No. FA564124R0006, issued by the Department of the Air
Force for technical and analytical services. The protester contends that the
agency improperly changed the criteria for award without a rational basis.
We deny the protest.
B-422708, Venergy Group, LLC, September 10, 2024
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Venergy Group, LLC, a small business of Fort Pierce, Florida, protests the
exclusion of its proposal from the competition conducted under request for
proposals (RFP) No. W912HN-23-R-4002, issued by the Department of the Army,
Corps of Engineers for general and design-build construction projects issued by
the Army's Savannah District in Georgia. The protester challenges the
evaluation of its proposal and the decision to exclude it from the second phase
of the competition.
We dismiss the protest as untimely.
*Congressional Review Act:*
B-336627, Federal Communications Commission: Incarcerated People's
Communications Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates
for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, September 10, 2024
https://www.gao.gov/products/B-336627 [
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GAO Reviewed Federal Communications Commissions' (FCC) entitled "Incarcerated
People's Communications Services; new rule entitled "Implementation of the
Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services." GAO
found that the final rule (1) implements the expanded authority granted to FCC
by the Martha Wright-Reed Act to establish a compensation plan that ensures
both just and reasonable rates and charges for incarcerated people's audio and
video communications services and fair compensation for incarcerated people's
communication services (IPCS) providers; and (2) fundamentally reforms the
regulation of audio and video communications services provided in all
correctional facilities, and significantly lowers the IPCS rates that
incarcerated people and their loved ones will pay.
Enclosed is our assessment of FCC's compliance with the procedural steps
required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the
rule. If you have any questions about this report or wish to contact GAO
officials responsible for the evaluation work relating to the subject matter of
the rule, please contact Charlie McKiver, Assistant General Counsel, at (202)
512-5992.
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