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B-419158 1 (2020-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeces0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Tower Engineering Professional, LLC File: B-419158 Date: December 22, 2020 Charles Holstein for the protester. Debra J. Talley, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Hannah G. Barnes, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal as technically unacceptable is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably found that numerous aspects of the protester's proposal did not satisfy the solicitation criteria. 2. Protest alleging that the awardee had an unfair incumbent advantage is denied where the record reflects that any advantage arising from the awardee's past performance with the agency constituted normally occurring incumbent advantage. DECISION Tower Engineering Professional, LLC (Tower), a small business of Raleigh, North Carolina, protests the award of a contract to Advanced Systems Technology, Inc. (AST), a small business of Lawton, Oklahoma, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W900KK-20-R-0058, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Contracting Command-Orlando, for tactical communication services. Tower alleges that the agency unreasonably evaluated its proposal as technically unacceptable and that AST had an unfair competitive advantage. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on June 10, 2020, as a small-business set-aside, contemplates the award of a contract for efforts required to replace four tactical communication towers and shelters, and to perform a tower technology refresh at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in Fort Polk, Louisiana. It also concerns efforts required to perform a

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