Decision Released: DOD DTRA Nuclear Enterprise Advisory and Assistance Services protest denial

File No. B-421967.2

Digest

1. Protest challenging the agency’s technical evaluation is denied where the record shows that the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation’s evaluation criteria.
2. Protest challenging the agency’s conduct of discussions is denied where the agency’s exchanges in a task order competition were not misleading.

Discussion

SPA challenges various aspects of the agency’s evaluation. The protester alleges that the agency unreasonably rated its proposal unacceptable under the mission capability factor. Relatedly, SPA argues that the agency conducted misleading discussions that led it to submit a proposal the agency rejected as unacceptable under the mission capability factor. We have reviewed all of SPA’s assertions and find no basis to sustain its protest …

Decision

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc., (SPA) of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of Reston, Virginia, under task order request for proposals No. HDTRA1-23-R-0007, issued by the Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, for nuclear enterprise advisory and assistance services. The protester argues that the agency conducted misleading discussions that led it to submit a proposal the agency rejected as unacceptable.

We deny the protest.

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