Orlans Wins Protest of USDA’s Default Management Procurement

The US Department of Agriculture’s procurement for nationwide default management services is flawed because the department didn’t conduct adequate market research, the GAO said.

USDA didn’t demonstrate that several challenged provisions in the request for proposals were consistent with customary commercial practice, the Government Accountability Office said in a decision released Wednesday, sustaining a protest from Orlans PC.

For example, the GAO said the department issued a request for information about appropriate fees for property preservation and maintenance services. The department received responses with recommendations as to pricing structure, but none indicated that the basis for the recommendation is consistency ...