Bid Protest Support

Government contracting is a $400 billion a year industry that is increasingly more competitive. This competitive environment lends itself to huge proposal submissions that cost contractors millions to prepare. Due to the amount of effort required for the proposal preparation and the amount of money that is at stake if the company wins, protesting agency decisions are more prevalent than ever before.

The cost experts within the Government Contract Consulting Group at Argy specialize in performing cost and pricing analyses in bid protests for our clients. Our extensive knowledge in the government contracting industry and our deep understanding of applicable federal regulations make our professionals an invaluable asset within the overall representation of a contractor.

Below are a few examples of cost items that Argy typically recognizes as target areas when analyzing proposals:

Evaluating the completeness and accuracy of the agency’s evaluation of costs pursuant to solicitation requirements
Analyzing the agency’s review of each cost element pertained in the proposal
Performing detailed calculations to determine the extent that the agency or contractor clearly illustrated how the technical proposal agrees to the cost proposal (i.e., was an adequate “cross walk” performed)
Evaluating the adequacy of each contractor’s proposed subcontractor costs and summarizing all subcontractor cost elements in the prime’s proposal.
Identifying contractors failing to clearly show the changes made between proposal revisions
Identifying contractors failing to adjust indirect rates to account for assumptions in the proposal
Identifying contractors not clearly stating or correctly incorporating all relevant cost assumptions. (e.g. labor hours per FTE for each labor category, productive labor hours, etc)
Reviewing all agency-bidder correspondence relating to cost issues to ensure full compliance with disclosed practices