Decision Released: Protest Denied for U.S. Army Materiel Command IT Infrastructure Modernization Supplies and Services

DIGEST

1. Protest that agency disparately evaluated proposals is denied where the record reflects that differences in evaluations were a result of differences in offerors’ proposals.
2. Protest that agency unreasonably evaluated protester’s technical proposal is denied where the assessed weaknesses were reasonable and consistent with the evaluation criteria and where the agency acted reasonably in not assessing additional strengths.

DISCUSSION

The protester alleges that the evaluation of Tribalco’s technical proposal was unreasonable and disparate in numerous aspects. In this regard, the protester contends that the agency should have assessed additional strengths in Tribalco’s proposal, some on their own merits and others for aspects that were similar to aspects of the awardee’s proposal that the agency assessed as strengths. The protester also alleges that the agency unreasonably assessed several weaknesses in Tribalco’s proposal. In addition, the protester argues that the agency’s best-value tradeoff analysis was flawed. Although we do not address each of the protester’s separate allegations of disparate treatment, missed strengths, and unreasonably assessed weaknesses, we have reviewed them all and conclude that none provides a basis to sustain the protest.

As an initial matter, we note that the evaluation of proposals in a task or delivery order competition, including the determination of the relative merits of proposals, is primarily a matter within the agency’s discretion, since the agency is responsible for defining its needs and the best method of accommodating them…

DECISION

Tribalco, LLC, of Bethesda, Maryland, protests the issuance of a delivery order to Tyto Government Solutions, Inc., of Herndon, Virginia, under request for delivery order proposals (RFDOP) No. W52P1J-22-R-IMCS, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Materiel Command for information technology infrastructure modernization supplies and services. The protester contends that the agency unreasonably and disparately evaluated technical proposals and conducted an improper best-value tradeoff decision.

We deny the protest.

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