Decision Released: Protest Denied for FRTIB Cybersecurity, Risk, and Compliance Support Services

File: B-421869.2,B-421869.3

Digest

1. Protester whose General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule contract expired following the issuance of a task order under the instant solicitation is an interested party to challenge the agency’s reevaluation of quotations and new source selection decision following corrective action in response to a prior protest where the protester still holds the originally issued task order.
2. Protest challenging the awardee’s quotation as ineligible for award based on an alleged failure to comply with solicitation instructions is denied where the agency reasonably found the awardee’s quotation technically acceptable.
3. Protest challenging the evaluation of quotations under the staffing and management approach factor is dismissed where the basis of the argument is contradicted by the record and therefore fails to state a valid basis of protest.
4. Protest challenging the source selection decision as contrary to the terms of the solicitation is denied where the record demonstrates that the selection decision was made as contemplated by the terms of the solicitation.

Discussion

MindPoint challenges the procurement in several ways.[6] First, the protester argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated ShorePoint’s quotation under the past performance factor. Protest at 10‑12; Comments & Supp. Protest at 2‑6, 7‑8; Supp. Comments at 1‑4. Next, the protester challenges the evaluation of its own quotation under the staffing and management approach factor and argues that the agency evaluated quotations in a disparate manner.[7] Protest at 13‑16; Comments & Supp. Protest at 6, 8; Supp. Comments at 5‑6. Finally, MindPoint contends that FRTIB improperly made the source selection decision based on the lowest‑priced, technically acceptable (LPTA) quotation, which was contrary to the terms of the RFQ. Protest at 16‑17; Comments & Supp. Protest at 9‑11. As discussed below, we find no basis to sustain the protest …

Decision

MindPoint Group, LLC (MindPoint), of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to ShorePoint, Inc., of Herndon, Virginia, by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. FRTIB1-23-Q-0018, for cybersecurity, risk, and compliance support services. The protester challenges the evaluation of quotations and source selection decision.

We deny the protest.

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