RE: GSA OASIS Protest at GAO has been assigned a B-number ----------------- Dear membership: Our GAO | gao.gov file no. is B-408936. Under GAO Bid Protest Regulation, 4 C.F.R. § 21.3(i), the GSA is required to file a report in response to our protest by 10/23/2013. We then must submit our further comments within 10 calendar days or the protest will be dismissed. The GAO has set a final decision date of 01/02/2014. Finally, based on recent inquiries let me re-iterate the positive and educational value of making this bid protest process in particular public by quote of Dan Gordon, former Obama administration head of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy : • Protests introduce a relatively low-cost form of accountability into acquisition systems by providing disgruntled participants a forum for airing their complaints; • They can increase potential bidders’ confidence in the integrity of the procurement process if the GAO is directly responsive to participants’ complaints, leading more players to participate; • Protests can increase the public’s confidence in the integrity of the public procurement process; --The known availability of the protest avenue empowers those in contracting agencies who face pressure to act improperly; • Protest decisions made public provide a high level of transparency into what is happening in the federal procurement system; and • Protests provide guidance. This last point being of particular interest to us in the Small Business community relative to this pre-award protest. Have a great weekend. R. Sutherland
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 18:49:28 +0000
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