Decision Released: Army Material Command for Master Resilience Training/Training Center Support protest

File B-422803, B-422803.2

Digest

1. Protest that the agency accepted a deficient key personnel statement of commitment from the awardee is denied where the record demonstrates that the statement of commitment complied with solicitation criteria. 2. Protest challenging the availability of key personnel based solely on job postings by the awardee is dismissed as failing to state a valid basis of protest. Protest that a key person is unavailable based on a change in employment prior to award is denied where the record shows that all proposed key personnel submitted statements of commitment, none of these statements were revoked, and the awardee did not otherwise have actual knowledge that any of its proposed key personnel had become unavailable.
2. Protest that the awardee’s proposal improperly took exception to the solicitation requirements is denied where the agency reasonably determined that the awardee’s assumptions were not exceptions to the requirements.
3. Protest challenging various aspects of the agency’s evaluation of the protester’s proposal and best-value determination is denied where the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.

Discussion

Magellan challenges various aspects of the agency’s evaluation of proposals. Specifically, Magellan alleges that (1) the agency improperly accepted a deficient statement of commitment from one of SRI’s proposed key personnel; (2) certain SRI key personnel became unavailable to perform prior to award; (3) SRI’s proposal took exception to the fixed-price contract type; (4) the agency impermissibly evaluated Magellan’s transition plan on a pass/fail basis; (5) the weaknesses assessed to Magellan’s proposal were unreasonable; (6) the agency’s evaluation of proposals was unequal; (7) the agency failed to assign Magellan significant strengths and strengths under its technical factor approach; and (8) the agency’s best-value determination was flawed because it ignored SRI’s ineligibility for award and was based on an unreasonable evaluation.[3] As discussed below, the record reflects that the agency reasonably evaluated proposals and concluded that SRI’s proposal was the best value …

Decision

Armed Forces Services Corporation doing business as Magellan Federal, Inc. (Magellan), of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Strategic Resources, Inc. (SRI), of Vienna, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W15QKN-24-R-0016, issued by the Department of the Army, Army Material Command for master resilience training/training center support (MRT/TCS). The protester challenges multiple aspects of the agency’s evaluation of proposals and the selection decision.

We dismiss the protest in part and deny it in part.

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