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            <title>B-400197.2, Coronet Machinery Corporation--Costs, November 18, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/4001972.htm?source=ra</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400367.2, Advant-EDGE Solutions, Inc., November 12, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/4003672.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Advant-EDGE Solutions, Inc. (AES) of North East, Maryland protests the award of a contract to NEIE Medical Waste Services, LLC (NEIE) of Portsmouth, Virginia under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-248-07-RP-0094, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for biomedical waste services. AES challenges the agency's evaluation of the proposals. We deny the protest.</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400451, Vox Optima, LLC, November 12, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400451.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Vox Optima, LLC, of Tijeras, New Mexico, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. N00189-08-R-Z051, issued by the Department of the Navy, Fleet Industrial Supply Command, for worldwide public communications and media support services. Vox asserts that the solicitation impermissibly bundles several requirements that could be performed by small businesses. We deny the protest.</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400706.2, Coffman Specialties, Inc., November 12, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/4007062.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Coffman Specialties, Inc. (CSI) of San Diego, California, protests the award of a contract to Baldi Bros., Inc. of Beaumont, California, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N62473-08-R-2206, issued by the Department of the Navy, for runway repairs and improvements at Travis Air Force Base in California. As discussed below, CSI failed to state sufficient legal and factual grounds for this Office to consider its protest as a direct result ...</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400583,B-400583.2, Maryland State Department of Education, November 7, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400583.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) of Baltimore, Maryland protests the elimination of its proposal from consideration under request for proposals (RFP) No. W91QF6-07-R-0007, issued by the Department of the Army for food services at Fort Meade, Maryland. We dismiss the protest.</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400552, Asia Resource Partners K.K., November 5, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400552.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Asia Resource Partners K.K., of Tokyo, Japan, protests its exclusion from competition by the Department of the Air Force under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA5270-08-R-0015 for operation and maintenance of a liquid propane gas (LPG) distribution system, and RFP No. FA5270-08-R-0047 for fuel storage tank maintenance. The protester argues that the Air Force has improperly concluded that the firm's participation in these procurements creates ...</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400404.2,B-400404.3,B-400404.5, Bruce Bancroft--Agency Tender Official; Sam Rodriguez--Designated Employee Agent, October 31, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/4004042.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Bruce Bancroft, the agency tender official (ATO) for the U.S. Marine Corps Installation West's tender in a public-private competition under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76, and Sam Rodriquez--Designated Employee Agent, President of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1881, protest various aspects of the pending competition being conducted by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the ...</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-310566.4, Triple Canopy, Inc., October 30, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/3105664.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Triple Canopy, Inc. of Herndon, Virginia, protests the award of a task order by the Department of the Army, Joint Contracting Command -- Iraq/Afghanistan, to Sabre International Security of Baghdad, Iraq, for security services at forward operating base (FOB) Q-West in Iraq. The task order was issued pursuant to a multiple award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract known as the Theater-Wide Internal Security Services ...</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400535, LOGMET, October 30, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400535.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>LOGMET of Round Rock, Texas protests the rejection of its proposal and the award of a contract to M1 Support Services of Denton, Texas under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA3030-08-R-0009, issued by the Department of the Air Force for the maintenance of training devices, aerospace ground equipment, and historical/static displays used by the 17th Training Wing and the Louis F. Garland Fire Training Academy located at Goodfellow Air Force ...</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-316655, Delegation of Authorities to the Director of Foreign Assistance, October 29, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/other/316655.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>This opinion responds to your letter of September 10, 2007, in which Congress asked us, as part of a larger overall review of the Office of the Director of Foreign Assistance's activities, to review the legality of the delegation of authorities of the Secretary of State and the President to the Director of Foreign Assistance (DFA). The creation of the DFA represented a significant structural change to the organization of U.S. foreign assistance. ...</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400421, Turner Consulting Group, Inc., October 29, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400421.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Turner Consulting Group, Inc. of Washington, D.C. protests the Department of Education's (DOE) rejection of its quotation under the agency's &quot;Technical Support for the Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business&quot; request for quotations. We deny the protest.</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400429, Seaborn Health Care, Inc., October 27, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400429.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Seaborn Health Care, Inc. protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA 769-08-RQ-0041, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, to be provided by Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract vendors at VA's consolidated mail order pharmacies (CMOP). Seaborn asserts, among other things, that an RFQ requirement that the contractor provide on-site supervisory personnel at no cost is ...</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400107.3, Exec Plaza, LLC--Costs, October 24, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/4001073.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Exec Plaza, LLC (Exec) requests that our Office recommend that the General Services Administration (GSA) reimburse its costs of filing and pursuing its protest of the terms of solicitation for offers (SFO) No. 08-008. Specifically, Exec requests that we recommend reimbursement of the protester's costs associated with its challenge to terms of the SFO that were amended by the agency during the course of the protest. We deny the request.</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400369, T-L-C Systems, October 23, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400369.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>T-L-C Systems (TLC) protests the Department of the Army's decision to award a contract on a sole-source basis to Monaco Enterprises, Inc. for the purchase of 51 Monaco BTXF radio fire alarm transmitters. The protester argues that this contract should not have been a sole-source contract, and that the protester could have provided equal, government-approved equipment for this solicitation. We deny the protest.</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400466, Ashland Sales and Service Company/Macon Garment Inc., a Joint Venture, October 23, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400466.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Ashland Sales and Service Company/Macon Garment Inc., a Joint Venture, (AM-JV) protests the decision of the Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), to award a contract to Zacbac Apparel, LLC under solicitation No. SPM1C1-07-R-0209, a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) set-aside for men's long-sleeved Air Force shirts. We deny the protest.</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400239.2, Armacel Armor Corporation, October 22, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/4002392.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Armacel Armor Corporation protests the award of a contract to ArmorWorks Enterprises, LLC under request for proposals (RFP) No. SPM1C1-07-R-0077, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, for a component of personal armor called Enhanced Side Ballistic Inserts (ESBI).1 Armacel primarily objects to the agency's evaluation of proposals and the source selection decision. We deny the protest.</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400434, CSI GmbH, October 22, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400434.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>CSI GmbH protests the award of a contract to Mathy &amp; Company Verpacksgungtechnik GmbH, under request for quotations (RFQ)1 No. W912PE-08-T-0141, issued by the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Europe, for four types of plastic film for sealing meat. We deny the protest.</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-316372, Denali Commission--Overobligation of Apportionment, October 21, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/appro/316372.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>The Inspector General of the Denali Commission has requested GAO's decision on whether the Commission violated the Antideficiency Act (Act) in December 2005 when it recorded an obligation of $400,000 for a grant to the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. The Commission incurred an obligation for the grant on August 27, 2005, when the Commission transmitted a Financial Assistance Award to the Alaska Department ...</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-317034, Office of Compliance--Retroactive Salary Increase, October 21, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/appro/317034.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>As authorized by statute, the designated official at the Office of Compliance, on February 1, 2008, increased the compensation level of certain officers. The official states that she intended to increase these salaries to the applicable statutory cap, but because of erroneous information, salaries were set at a level below the actual statutory cap. However, because there is no contemporaneous documentation establishing with certainty the ...</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400349,B-400349.2, Optelec U.S., Inc., October 16, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400349.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Optelec U.S., Inc. protests the rejection of its proposal as late under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-797-08-RP-0002, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for closed-circuit electronic magnification devices (CCTV). Optelec asserts that its offer was late solely because VA improperly failed to provide it with timely notice of the solicitation. We deny the protest.</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400336, Morris Corporation, October 15, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400336.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Morris Corporation protests the decision of the Department of the Army, Joint Contract Command-Iraq (JCC-I), to obtain detainee food services through a task order proposal request issued under multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract No. W91GYO-07-D-0017. Morris, which does not hold one of the ID/IQ contracts at issue in this procurement, argues that detainee food services do not fall within the scope of ...</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-311462.2,B-311462.3, Fintrac, Inc., October 14, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/3114622.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Fintrac, Inc. protests the award of a contract to CNFA, Inc. by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under request for proposals (RFP) No. M-OAA-DCHA-AFP-07-0011, for assistance with the agency's Market Chain Enhancement Program (MarChE) in Haiti. The protester contends that USAID's evaluation of the offerors' technical and cost proposals was flawed, that the agency failed to provide meaningful discussions, and ...</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-299361.2,B-299361.3, Information Ventures, Inc., October 1, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/2993612.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>...</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-400217,B-400217.2, ASRC Research &amp; Technology Solutions, LLC, August 21, 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/400217.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>...</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>B-298380.4, Avue Technologies Corp; Carahsoft Technology Corp., June 11, 2007</title>
            <link>http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/2983804.htm?source=ra</link>
            <description>Avue Technologies Corp. and Carahsoft Technology Corp. protest the rejection of their proposals under request for proposals (RFP) No. DHS-06-IRS05, issued by the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for a solution to automate DHS's recruitment and hiring processes because the proposals failed to comply with the RFP's minimum mandatory requirements regarding intellectual property/data rights. We ...</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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