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B-416078 1 (2018-06-05)

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


Matter of:  Automation Precision Technology, LLC

File:       B-416078

Date:       June 5, 2018

Michael L. Sterling, Esq., Anthony J. Mazzeo, Esq., and Blake Christopher, Esq.,
Vandeventer Black LLP, for the protester.
Gary J. Campbell, Esq., G. Matthew Koehl, Esq., and Joshua L. Rodman, Esq.,
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, for Noble Supply and Logistics, the intervenor.
Andrew N. Christopher, Esq., and James E. Vaiden, Esq., Department of the Navy, for
the agency.
Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest that awardee should not have been rated outstanding under the technical factor
is denied where agency recognized a weakness in the awardee's staffing plan for failure
to identify the number of full-time equivalent personnel that would perform, but this was
just one element of the technical factor and agency also identified numerous strengths
in the awardee's technical proposal.
DECISION

Automation Precision Technology, LLC (APT), of Norfolk, Virginia, protests the award of
a contract to Noble Supply and Logistics, of Rockland, Massachusetts, under request
for proposals (RFP) No. N001 89-17-R-0026, issued by the Department of the Navy, for
a contractor to operate three parts and repair stores. The protester asserts that the
agency unreasonably evaluated Noble's staffing plan and failed to provide APT with
meaningful discussions.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The solicitation was issued for a contractor to operate three parts and repairs stores in
support of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic Public Works
Department. Agency Report (AR), Exh. 1, RFP (conformed) at 67. The contractor will

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