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Here's a look at news stories involving federal bid protest decisions issued by the GAO General Counsel

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GAO Denies Booker DiMaio Protest Over GSA Technical Evaluation in Project Management BPA Award
By Marlyn T. Vitin
WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The General Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a bid protest filed by Booker DiMaio LLC, a small business located in Sykesville, Maryland. The protest challenged the General Services Administration's (GSA) evaluation of Booker's quotation under a request for quotations (No. 47HAA024Q0020). The RFQ sought to establish multiple blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) for project management support services.

Booker protested the GSA's determination that its technical quotation was ineligible for award. The GAO, in its decision dated March 17, 2025, and publicly released in ... Show Full Article

California Firm's Bid Protest Against Tennessee Rival Partially Denied in Fort Moore Contract Dispute
By Marlyn T. Vitin
WASHINGTON, April 1 -- In a recent decision, the General Accountability Office (GAO) has partially denied and partially dismissed a bid protest filed by Zero Waste Solutions Inc., a women-owned small business based in Concord, California, against the U.S. Army's award of a refuse collection and recycling contract at Fort Moore, Georgia. The contract, valued at $16,160,550, was awarded to Street Legal Industries Inc., a women-owned small business from Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

The dispute arose following the Army's invitation for bids, which sought a contractor to manage refuse collection and recycling ... Show Full Article

Colorado Firm Protests Space Traffic System Contract Award to Colorado Springs Rival
By Marlyn T. Vitin
WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Kayhan Space Corp., based in Lafayette, Colorado, has filed a protest with the General Accountability Office (GAO) challenging the Department of Commerce (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) award of a contract to Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The contract is for the development of a presentation layer for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS).

TraCSS is a system designed to ingest, archive, process, and disseminate space situational awareness data and products, in line with Space Policy Directive-3, which ... Show Full Article

California Construction Firm Loses Bid Protest Over Late Army Proposal
By Marlyn T. Vitin
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Martin Brothers Construction Inc. (MBC), a small business headquartered in Sacramento, California, failed in its protest against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The protest challenged the Army's decision to exclude MBC from consideration for a large horizontal construction contract in the Galveston District and Southwestern Division. The core issue of the protest was MBC's late submission of a revised proposal.

The Army Corps of Engineers issued a request for proposals seeking contractors for a multi-award task order contract valued at up to $7 billion. MBC, after initially ... Show Full Article