File: B-422036.2; B-422036.3; B-422036.4
Digest
Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of proposals and selection decision is denied where the record shows that the agency’s evaluation and selection decision were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
Discussion
The protester challenges the agency’s evaluation of the awardee under the technical factor and the reasonableness and fairness of the agency’s evaluation of proposals under the past performance factor. ProSoDel also argues that the ultimate tradeoff and award decision was unreasonable and improper. Although we do not specifically address all of ProSoDel’s arguments, we have fully considered all of them and find that none provides a basis on which to sustain the protest.
As a preliminary matter, the agency contends that ProSoDel is not an interested party to protest because the firm is not next in line for award. According to the agency, one other offeror, “Offeror B,” would be next in line for award because “both the Awardee and Offeror B have the same technical rating with a lower evaluated price” than the protester. COS/MOL at 32-33.
Under the bid protest provisions of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3551-3557, only an interested party may protest a federal procurement. That is, a protester must be an actual or prospective bidder or offeror whose direct economic interest would be affected by the award of a contract or the failure to award a …
Decision
Professional Solutions Delivered, LLC (ProSoDel), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of King George, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Acquisition Experts, LLC, a SDVOSB of Mechanicsville, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. M67004-23-R-3003, issued by the United States Marine Corps (USMC), Marine Corps Logistics Command for integrated logistics support. The protester challenges the agency’s evaluation of proposals and award decision.
We deny the protest.
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