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B-419723 Jul 13, 2021 1 (2021-07-13)

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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
Decision                           a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
been approved for public release.
Matter of: AIMS Locum Tenens, LLC
File:     B-419723
Date:     July 13, 2021
Johnathan Bailey, Esq., and Kristin Zachman, Esq., Bailey & Bailey, P.C., for the
protester.
Major Nicholas A. Lucchetti, and Captain Ethan S. Chae, Department of the Army, for
the agency.
Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision..
DIGEST
1. Protest challenges regarding ambiguities in the solicitation are untimely because any
ambiguities were patent and were not challenged prior to the due date for receipt of
proposals.
2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposal as technically unacceptable
is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and
consistent with the solicitation's terms.
DECISION
AIMS Locum Tenens, LLC, an 8(a) small business of Pikesville, Maryland, protests the
evaluation of its proposal as technically unacceptable under request for proposals
(RFP) No. W81 K00-21-R-3005, issued by the Department of the Army to provide
emergency medicine physician services at Evans Army Community Hospital,
Emergency Department, Fort Carson, Colorado.1 The protester challenges the
agency's evaluation of its proposed compensation plan.
We deny the protest.
1 Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. § 637(a), authorizes the Small
Business Administration to enter into contracts with government agencies and to
arrange for performance through subcontracts with socially and economically
disadvantaged small business concerns. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.800.
This program is commonly referred to as the 8(a) program.

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