Decision Released: FEMA Program Management Services Protest Denial

File No. B-422342.2

Digest

Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of protester’s technical proposal is denied where evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.

Discussion

For each evaluation factor, with the exception of the oral presentation factor, Chevo challenges the agency’s findings that various aspects of Chevro’s proposal decreased the agency’s confidence in Chevo’s ability to successfully perform the contract. We have reviewed all Chevo’s allegations and find no basis to sustain the protest. We discuss several examples below.

The evaluation of proposals is a matter within the discretion of the contracting agency. An offeror’s disagreement with an agency’s judgment, without more, is insufficient to establish that the agency acted unreasonably. In reviewing an agency’s evaluation, we will not substitute our judgment for that of the agency, but instead will examine the agency’s evaluation to ensure that it was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation’s evaluation criteria and with procurement statutes and regulations …

Decision

Chevo Consulting, LLC, of Rockville, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to J&M Global Solutions, LLC, of Alexandria, Virginia, under task order request for proposals (TORP) No. 70FA6023Q00000004, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), for program management services. Chevo argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated Chevo’s proposal under multiple evaluation factors.

We deny the protest.

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