B-277979: Dec 9, 1997

A firm protested the Air Force and Army Corps of Engineers failure to comply with certain provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, contending that the Air Force's and Army's actions resulted in the improper withdrawal of the hospital work from the 8(a) and small business programs. GAO held that: (1) the protester untimely filed its protest more than 10 days after the basis for the protes...

B-277979: Jan 26, 1998

Secretary: This is to bring to your attention matters that we learned of during consideration of a recent protest. The services were ordered under an indefinite delivery. The fact that the purchase was being made through an Economy Act transaction did not exempt the agency from complying with the Act. The statement of work in Syska & Hennessy's Army contract was so broad as to violate the Competit...

B-277979: Published: Jan 26, 1998. Publicly Released: Jan 26, 1998.

GAO commented on the Air Force and the Army Corps of Engineers failure to comply with certain Federal Acquisition Regulation provisions. GAO noted that the all-encompassing work statement contained in the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts did not reasonably describe the scope of the services, and therefore did not provide potential offerors notice of the work that would be within...

B-277979: Published: Jan 26, 1998. Publicly Released: Jan 26, 1998.

GAO commented on the Air Force and Army contract award for operation and maintenance services. GAO noted that: (1) two statutory violations occurred during the procurement; (2) the Air Force failed to coordinate with the Small Business Administration the removal of this requirement from the small business program and failed to consider this requirement for a possible small business set-aside; (3)...