File: B-423013, B-423013.2
Digest
Protester is not an interested party to challenge the issuance of a task order where the protester fails to challenge a deficiency that led to its quotation being evaluated as technically unacceptable and therefore ineligible for award.
Discussion
Zeva’s protest raises numerous challenges to the reasonableness of the agency’s decision to assign Zeva’s quotation a rating of “unacceptable” under the technical approach factor. For example, the protester argues that the agency unfairly faulted Zeva for being overly reliant on subcontractor support. Protest at 2. Zeva also contends that the agency failed to recognize Zeva’s expertise in PIV card issuance and lifecycle management and failed to credit Zeva’s experience as an “industry leader” in HSPD-12 technical support …
Decision
Zeva Incorporated, a small business of Oakton, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to BruckEdwards, Inc., a small business of Reston, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 2032H5-24-Q-00147, issued by the Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), for technical and programmatic support services. The protester contends that both the agency’s evaluation of Zeva’s quotation and the resulting award decision were improper.
We dismiss the protest because Zeva is not an interested party.
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