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B-407766.6 1 (2013-07-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpqu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i -G AO Comptroller General MACoou ntabilily* Integrity * Reliabillty of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision .beenapprovedforpubic release. Matter of: Threat Management Group File: B-407766.6 Date: July 3, 2013 J. Alex Ward, Esq., Kevin C. Dwyer, Esq., and Charles L. Capito, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, for the protester. Richard B. Oliver, Esq., and J. Matthew Carter, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, for R3 Strategic Support Group, Inc., an intervenor. Christopher S. Cole, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency improperly failed to disqualify offeror for having an unfair competitive advantage is denied where record shows agency conducted a detailed investigation and reasonably concluded that there was no basis to disqualify the offeror. 2. Protest alleging that agency misevaluated awardee's proposal is denied where record shows that agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable procurement statutes and regulations. DECISION Threat Management Group (TMG), of Ladson, South Carolina, protests the award of a contract to R3 Strategic Support Group, Inc., of Coronado, California, under request for proposals No. FA4452-12-R-0003, issued by the Department of the Air Force for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) support services. TMG argues that R3 had an unfair competitive advantage that should have disqualified it from the competition,1 and that the agency misevaluated R3's proposal. 1 TMG styled its allegation as an unequal access organizational conflict of interest. The unfair competitive advantage stemming from a firm's hiring of a former government employee is virtually indistinguishable from the concerns and considerations that arise in protests alleging that a firm has gained an unfair (continued...)

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