American Tech Solutions, LLC (ATS), a small business joint venture1 of Chantilly, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Obsidian Global LLC, a small business of Washington, D.C, under fair opportunity proposal request (FOPR) No. FA3002-22-R-0026, issued by the Department of the Air Force for services and equipment to sustain and deploy software and architecture for the agency’s graduate/training integration management system (G/TIMS). The protester challenges various aspects of the agency’s evaluation of the offerors’ technical proposals and the Air Force’s evaluation of Obsidian’s proposal under the past performance factor.
We deny the protest.
DIGEST
- Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of proposals under technical factor is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.
- Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the awardee’s proposal under past performance factor is denied where the record shows that the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
DISCUSSION
ATS challenges various aspects of the agency’s evaluation of the offerors’ technical proposals and the Air Force’s evaluation of Obsidian’s proposal under the past performance factor. As discussed below, we find no basis to sustain any of ATS’s protest allegations.
Evaluation of Technical Proposals
The protester challenges multiple aspects of the Air Force’s evaluation of the offerors’ technical proposals. First, ATS contends that the agency failed to explain why the evaluation findings of the corrective action evaluation differed from the findings in the original evaluation. Protest at 18. Next, the protester contends that the Air Force failed to credit multiple strengths and significant strengths in its proposal. Id. at 22-30. Lastly, ATS asserts that the evaluation was unequal because the agency identified two strengths in Obsidian’s proposal and did not assign strengths to ATS’s proposal when ATS proposed similar features. Comments & Supp. Protest at 1-2…
DECISION
American Tech Solutions, LLC (ATS), a small business joint venture1 of Chantilly, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Obsidian Global LLC, a small business of Washington, D.C, under fair opportunity proposal request (FOPR) No. FA3002-22R-0026, issued by the Department of the Air Force for services and equipment to sustain and deploy software and architecture for the agency’s graduate/training integration management system (G/TIMS). The protester challenges various aspects of the agency’s evaluation of the offerors’ technical proposals and the Air Force’s evaluation of Obsidian’s proposal under the past performance factor.
We deny the protest.
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