NOAA Contract Price Leak Doesn’t Require Disqualifying Bidders

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration can move forward with its procurement for technical support services despite a protest alleging the agency didn’t adequately address an inadvertent pricing data disclosure, GAO said in a decision released Wednesday.

Propel Solutions LLC failed to show that the agency’s investigation into the release of information from its joint venture member was unreasonable, or that the agency failed to consider the risk of competitive harm, the US Government Accountability Office said.

Propel, which is a mentor-protégé joint venture comprised of Axiom Consultants Inc. and Lynker Corp., didn’t demonstrate that competitors received an unfair ...