GSA addresses OASIS protest
Amendment assuages USfalcon's concern; second protest remains underway.
One of the protests against the General Services Administration's one-stop professional services contract vehicle has been withdrawn as the agency issued amendments to the request for proposals on Aug. 23.
A representative for USfalcon said on Aug. 26 said the company's protest of the $60 billion One Acquisition Solutions for Integrated Services (OASIS) RFPs has been withdrawn.
USfalcon's Aug. 8 protest was based on a very narrow issue, the company's attorney said. Essentially, the company's protest dealt with the GSA's evaluation based on past performance, especially after a company is bought or sold and contracts transfer.
The company's protest, a USfalcon spokesperson said, was addressed and satisfied in Amendment 1 to the OASIS solicitation, allowing past performance to be counted up to the sale of the company.
However, a second, agency-level protest -- filed by Washington-based international financial advisory, program and venture management consultancy Aljucar, Anvil- Incus & Co. (AAIC) -- moved ahead the week of Aug. 19.
Rudy Sutherland, the firm's head of practice, told FCW that a GSA protest official had rejected a motion to dismiss filed by the GSA Office of General Counsel that said AAIC did not have standing to file the protest. The official directed the general counsel to move ahead with the original schedule to resolve the issue, Sutherland said.