#GAO rejects protest of no solicitation #amendments—the Army’s #TRADOC support RFP's place of performance hasn't changed despite rumor mill. https://washingtonhorizon.com/united-defense-llc-b-423577/

#GAO tosses fuel‑buy protest—#RFP required system #approval by due date; failing to meet that requirement and challenging it after RFP close fails. #onebite #apple https://washingtonhorizon.com/united-capital-investment-group-inc-b-423682/

#USMC uniform award stands—incumbency doesn't cure missing proposal requirements (here, equipment details); #GAO agrees postproposal exchanges were clarifications, not #discussions. #compliance https://washingtonhorizon.com/tech-systems-inc-b-423547-b-423547-2-b-423547-3/

#GAO grants costs after finding uneven CPARS use and an incumbency‑tilted tradeoff; delayed corrective action make PSP’s protest clearly #meritorious and warrants #reimbursement of costs. https://washingtonhorizon.com/perimeter-security-partners-llc-costs-b-422666-2/

#GAO dismisses NDi’s scope challenge—no Alliant 2 contract, no #standing to contest Leidos task‑order #modification as out‑of‑scope, sole‑source award. https://washingtonhorizon.com/network-designs-inc-b-423525-b-423525-2/

#GAO backs DLA’s tire‑chain buy; its failure to use protester's contract is a matter of contract administration, which GAO will not review; its stock claim lacked proof; and DLA's delivery‑risk data justified the price premium. #DLA https://washingtonhorizon.com/warfighter-focused-logistics-inc-b-423546-b-423546-2/

Busted! #GAO dismisses likely #AI-generated #protest containing "citations to non-existent decisions or materially false representations of the factual or legal issues addressed in the cited decisions." Protest is "abuse of GAO's bid protest process based on the protester's repeated submission of non-existent citations." https://washingtonhorizon.com/oready-llc-b-423649-b-423650-b-423670-b-423670-2/

#GAO tosses #late Region 4 MATOC protest—10‑day clock ran from the day the Forest Service closed the #debriefing, even if protester didn't like it heard. https://washingtonhorizon.com/guardian-db-services-llc-b-423691/

#GAO backs Navy’s detailed, criteria‑based #evaluation of protester's thin cloud design and training plan; quotes lacking sufficient detail will not find remedy via #protest. https://washingtonhorizon.com/chenega-agile-real-time-solutions-llc-b-423512/

#GAO to protester: Your sub's failure to submit its cost workbook means no award, and no #standing to #protest. https://washingtonhorizon.com/c4cjv-llc-b-423512-2/

#GAO finds competitors' efficient transition resulting from a materially identical sidearm beats the incumbent’s pricier proposal for #guard services. #protest #govcon https://washingtonhorizon.com/pond-security-service-gmbh-b-423444-b-423444-2/

Of course this admin is fighting the GAO. They want the freedom to remain unhinged and avoid accountability. This is a direct attack on transparency.

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#GAO backs NPS’s premium‑priced pick for #Alcatraz maintenance, faulting the protester’s generic plan and endorsing a reasoned tradeoff under simplified acquisition procedures. #SAP https://washingtonhorizon.com/madison-services-inc-b-423030-2-b-423030-3/

#GAO dismisses Fed Serve’s Minot AFB construction #protest, finding licensing requirements are matters of performance, not #responsibility, and objections to winner’s past performance didn’t address the record. #govcon https://washingtonhorizon.com/fed-serve-llc-b-423526-b-423526-2/

#GAO tosses Integral Federal’s protest for lack of jurisdiction, ruling the awarded task order’s $28.6M value—not a higher proposed price—controls the DOD $35M #protest #threshold. https://washingtonhorizon.com/integral-federal-inc-b-423672/

It is time for the #GAO to sue the #ConvictedFelonTrump regime! https://tinyurl.com/mrxc5wa5 #Politics

#GAO dismisses postaward challenge to Defense Health Agency’s RFQ terms, which should have been raised preaward. A post-quote-deadline Q&A reiterating RFQ terms does not restart #protest #clock. https://washingtonhorizon.com/emerge-solutions-group-llc-b-423299-2/

#GAO dismisses a #protest of an Army and Air Force Exchange Service procurement on jurisdictional grounds; GAO lacks authority to hear protests of contracting actions by nonappropriated fund instrumentalities (#NAFIs). https://washingtonhorizon.com/bbs-company-b-423675/

#GAO dismisses protest of VA courier services award, reaffirming no obligation to evaluate experience, past performance, or unreasonably low prices where Part 13 #RFQ omits those criteria. #simplifiedacquisition #federalprocurement https://washingtonhorizon.com/all-american-express-solutions-llc-b-423530/

Today in cutting-room links, #GAO, the Congressional audit agency, fights for its budget; global tensions flare over China's dominance in #shipbuilding and #AI chips; while policy shifts hit #tourism and #tech. https://washingtonhorizon.com/horizon-cutting-room-links-wednesday-13-august-2025/