Company Loses Chance for $200 Million Contract due to Its Clerical Error | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

The Navy issued a RFP (Request for Proposal) for engineering and logistics-support services for naval surveillance radar. Valkyrie Enterprises submitted a bid but it was thrown out (i.e. eliminated from the competition) by the Navy as noncompliant with the solicitation requirements. Valkyrie appealed to the GAO (aka Comptroller General). You see, the solicitation required a “senior acquisition manager” (SAM) with a minimum of 12 years of experience in acquisition management associated with combat systems. Valkyrie’s proposed SAM reflected only 11 years of acquisition management experience, not the 12 years required by the solicitation.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Company Loses Chance for $200 Million Contract due to Its Clerical Error