February 20, 2015
Agencies, keep it simple — or figure on award protests
Sometimes an agency makes a request for proposals that is overly complicated and not clearly worded. Awards in those cases simply invite a protest.
Protesting contractor: Nangwik Services LLC, Lorton
Contracting agency: Department of the Army
Protest issue: Whether the Army evaluated proposals in accordance with the evaluation criteria.
Decision: Protest denied by the Government Accountability Office Dec. 23, 2014 (released Feb. 19)
Post-mortem: The Army’s RFP for logistics support services…
Gaithersburg-based biotech MedImmune and the National Institute of Standards and Technology unveiled Friday a five-year joint agreement to research tools to develop new drugs or therapies, or make existing therapies more effective. The project is focused on biopharmaceuticals — drugs and treatments derived from biological, rather than chemical, sources.
Nearly 400 employees of McLean-based DynCorp International Inc. will lose their jobs with the defense contractor in March due to the Navy’s decision to transition work long held by DynCorp to another company.
It was a simple question, and lots of you had answers — some serious, some funny, some sarcastic.
Sources in the commercial real estate industry say Facebook has agreed to rent all but two of the 10 floors in the soon-to-open Dexter Station building, 1101 Dexter Ave. N.