Mission Analytics, LLC (B-423592)

You should not care.

Category: Agency-level protest, timeliness

Date: 9 September 2025

URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423592

Mission Analytics, an SDVOSB, protested DLA’s cancellation of an RFQ for antennas that had been set aside for service‑disabled veteran‑owned firms and the agency’s decision to resolicit the requirement under a new RFQ as a small‑business set‑aside using special emergency procurement authority.

Agency‑level protest and “initial adverse action”: Mission first protested to DLA, arguing the SDVOSB set‑aside should have remained in place. While that agency‑level protest was pending, DLA proceeded with the new small‑business RFQ and kept the 25 April closing date. GAO held that moving forward with the resolicitation without changing the due date was initial adverse agency action on the agency‑level protest.

Late to GAO: Because GAO protests following an agency‑level protest must be filed within 10 days of initial adverse action, Mission’s 2 June filing—more than a month after the 25 April closing—was untimely. Arguments about the merits of the cancelation and choice of set‑aside never reached the substance.

Takeaway on protest sequencing: Once an agency continues with a procurement over an agency‑level protest, the clock to go to GAO starts. Protesters cannot wait for a written decision when the procurement continues.

Digest

Mission Analytics, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the Defense Logistic Agency's (DLA) decision to cancel request for quotations (RFQ) No. SPE7M5-24-T-862W (862W)… and then resolicit the requirement under RFQ No. SPE7M1-25-Q-0824 (0824), as a small business set-aside. The protester contends that the cancellation and set-aside were unreasonable.