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B-410466.8 1 (2017-05-12)

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G     A     O       U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                             of the United States
                                                      DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                                    The decision issued on the date below was subject to
                                                    a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                                    been ap_proved for public release.


Matter of: The Red Gate Group, Ltd.

File:        B-410466.8

Date:        May 12, 2017

Antonio R. Franco, Esq., Kathryn V. Flood, Esq., Julia Di Vito, Esq., and Sam S.
Finnerty, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for the protester.
Richard C. Gross, Esq., Marlena Ewald, Esq., and Thomas M. Craig, Esq., Fluet
Huber & Hoang, PLLC, for St. Michael's, Inc., the intervenor.
LtC Kevin P. Stiens, Jason R. Smith, Esq., and Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Department of
the Air Force, for the agency.
K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest that evaluation of proposals was unreasonable is denied where the
evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.

2. Protest that agency treated offerors unequally is denied where the differences in the
ratings were based on differences in the offerors' proposals.
DECISION

The Red Gate Group, Ltd. (RGG), of Chantilly, Virginia, protests the award of a contract
to St. Michael's, Inc. (SMI), of Woodbridge, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP)
No. H92222-14-R-0019, issued by the Department of Defense, Special Operations
Command (SOCOM), for knowledge-based services for the headquarters, components,
and theater special operations commands of SOCOM. RGG challenges the evaluation
of proposals and source selection decision.


We deny the protest.

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