Protest Denial Decision Released: Army Materiel Command information technology support services requirement

DIGEST

Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of quotations and best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the record reflects that the evaluation and decision were reasonable, consistent with the terms of the solicitation, and adequately documented.

DISCUSSION

The protester challenges the evaluation of quotations and the award decision and argues that the agency unreasonably considered the quotations submitted by ATS and KFS to be technically equal.  Protest at 13-15, 19.  The protester further asserts that the agency failed to consider the price for contractor acquired property (CAP) in its evaluation of the price factor; improperly considered past performance as an evaluation factor; and inadequately documented the source selection decision because the SSA did not consider all of the requirements of the PWS.  Id. at 15-18, 20.  The agency argues that it reasonably evaluated quotations consistent with the RFQ, and the award decision adequately documents the SSA’s rationale for selecting KFS for award.  COS/MOL at 37-39.  For the reasons discussed below, we deny the protest.3 Where, as here, an agency issues a solicitation to GSA MAS contractors under FAR subpart 8.4 and conducts a competition, we will review the record to ensure that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.  Deloitte Consulting, LLP, B-416882.4, Jan. 6, 2020, 2020 CPD ¶ 21 at 4.  In reviewing a protest challenging an agency’s technical evaluation, our Office will not reevaluate quotations; rather, we will examine the record to determine whether the agency’s evaluation conclusions were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable procurement law and regulation.  ASI Gov’t, Inc., B-419080.2, B-419080.3…

DECISION

American Tech Solutions, LLC (ATS), a small business of Reston, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Knight Federal Solutions, Inc. (KFS), a small business of Orlando, Florida, by the Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. W900KK-22-R-0050, for information technology support services.  The protester challenges the agency’s conclusion that the quotations submitted by ATS and KFS were technically equal, and argues the agency failed to adequately document the basis for its award decision. We deny the protest.

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