Decision Released: USAF Protest Denial Mission Support Services IDIQ

File No.  B-422731.2

Digest

1. Protest challenging the agency’s price realism evaluation is denied where the agency’s use of a standard deviation methodology was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
2. Protest alleging that agency misevaluated technical proposals and made an unreasonable source selection decision is denied where the record shows that the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.

Discussion

The protester challenges the agency’s evaluation in several respects. First, the protester alleges that the agency’s price realism evaluation was unreasonable and deviated from the terms of the solicitation. Protest at 13-16. Second, the protester argues that the agency erred in its technical evaluation of Gemini’s proposal by failing to consider the awardee’s low labor rates in evaluating the awardee’s management approach. Id. at 16-18. Finally, the protester contends the agency erred in evaluating the protester’s technical proposal, which should have received an excellent rating rather than a merely good rating. Id. at 18-21. We address these arguments in turn.

The protester argues that the agency’s price realism evaluation was unreasonable and deviated from the terms of the solicitation for several reasons. Protest at 13-16; Comments at 1-4. First, the protester notes that the solicitation provided that the agency would consider the extent to which the proposed labor rates indicate a clear understanding of the requirements and determine whether they reflect a sound approach to satisfying those requirements …

Decision

Innovative Technology Solutions JV, LLC (ITS), a small business of Dayton, Ohio, protests the issuance of a task order to Gemini Industries, Inc., a small business of Fairfax, Virginia, pursuant to fair opportunity proposal request (FOPR) No. FA714624R0002 issued under General Services Administration’s (GSA) One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) multiple award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract by the United States Air Force for a variety of mission support services. The protester alleges that the agency erred in its evaluation of proposals in several respects.

We deny the protest.

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