Agenecy-Level Protest vs Gao Protest

Few agencies guard their confidence-level statistics available, so the data is lacking to track trends and draw conclusions concerning agency plain handling. (Nacke & Ralston 2011) The Unites States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is another defy agency that provides a venue for companies to defy a government agencys actions during the procurement process. GAO protest must(prenominal) contend a violation of procurement statue or regulation.This protest often involve claims that the agency inappropriately applied evaluation factors, inappropriately conducted a cost/technical trade off, the awardees proposal is non-responsive, and the agency conducted improper discussions with the offerors. Grounds protested to the GAO are often found during debriefs. The offerors right to debriefs for negotiated procurements is addressed at FAR 15. 505 and 15. 506.Generally an offeror has 3 years to submit a written request for debrief. Timing in submitting your protest to the GAO is c rucial whether you protest on the terms of solicitation or not receiving award on a contract. If you wait too long, you will put up your right to protest. The deadline for filing a GAO protests depends upon when the impropriety became readily understood. Protest drive related to the terms of solicitation must be filed prior to the cod date for bid opening.If protest is based upon the agencys evaluation, it must be filed within 10 days if when the protester knew (or should have known) active the grounds for protest. If there is a right to debriefing and the protester requests such, the protest must be filed within 10 days if debriefing. Intended awardees of a contract that is the subject of a GAO protest have rights to intervene in the protest, this is important because it allows you the ability to monitor the protest and respond to the arguments made by the protestor. (agencyprotest. com)