Updated June 23, 2025
DIGEST
1. Protest alleging that the awardee’s proposal contained material misrepresentations is denied where, even assuming for the sake of argument that the proposal contained misrepresentations, they had no significant impact on the agency’s evaluation.
2. Protest challenging past performance evaluation is denied where the agency reasonably evaluated the awardee’s past performance in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria.
3. Protest challenging the agency’s comparative analysis and source selection decision is denied where the agency’s best‑value tradeoff and source selection decision were reasonable, adequately documented, and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION
Quantum Research International, Inc., a small business of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the issuance of a task order to PeopleTec, Inc., a small business also of Huntsville, Alabama, under task order requirement package (TORP) No. 24‑005, issued by the Department of the Army for program management, scientific, engineering, logistics, financial, and ancillary services in support of the agency’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO). The protester contends that the agency’s corrective action in response to a previously‑filed protest was unreasonable; PeopleTec’s proposal contained a material misrepresentation requiring its disqualification from the competition; the agency unreasonably evaluated PeopleTec’s proposal under the past performance factor; and the agency’s best‑value tradeoff analysis was unreasonable, inadequately documented, and improperly used a lowest‑priced, technically acceptable source selection method.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
On May 20, 2024, the agency issued the TORP to small business firms holding indefinite‑delivery, indefinite‑quantity (IDIQ) contracts under small business pool 4 of the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services program. Contracting Officer’s Statement (COS sought proposals to provide services in support of rapid prototyping efforts and the delivery of residual combat capabilities that address immediate, near‑term, and mid‑term threats faced by Army operational units.
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Added June 17, 2025
Protester: Quantum Research International, Inc.
Solicitation Number: TORP-24-005
Agency: Department of the Army : Department of the Army
File number: B-423237.2
Outcome: Denied
Decision Date: June 17, 2025
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