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B-409288.3,B-409288.4,B-409288.5 1 (2014-08-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqnz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: IS G A 0Comptroller General ~ty * Integrity * Rel lability 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. No party requested redactions; we are therefore releasing the decision in its entirety. Decision Matter of: Platinum Services, Inc.; WIT Associates, Inc. File: B-409288.3; B-409288.4; B-409288.5 Date: August 21, 2014 Carol L. O'Riordan, Esq., Pamela J. Bethel, Esq., and Anthony J. Marchese, Esq., O'Riordan Bethel Law Firm, LLP, for Platinum Services, Inc.; and Lawrence J. Sklute, Esq., and Christy Milliken, Esq., Sklute & Associates, for WIT Associates, Inc., the protesters. David B. Cook, Esq., Richard Martinelli, Esq., and Michael Rossiter, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that solicitation amendment improperly deleted corporate experience subfactor, which had been the subject of two earlier protests, each arguing for a contrary interpretation of the same subfactor, is denied where the record shows the agency reasonably determined that evaluation of corporate experience was inconsistent with its needs, and deletion of the subfactor would promote competition. 2. Protest that amendment to solicitation created ambiguity over basis for award is denied where allegedly ambiguous language was consistent with provision of solicitation that specified award on a lowest-priced technically acceptable basis. DECISION Platinum Services, Inc., of Baltimore, Maryland, and WIT Associates, Inc., of Hunt Valley, Maryland, both small businesses, protest actions taken by the Department of the Navy under request for proposals (RFP) No. N68836-13-R-001 3 for household goods moving and storage services for personnel at Naval Air Station Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba. Both firms primarily argue that, during corrective action undertaken in response to an earlier protest, the Navy improperly deleted the corporate experience subfactor, which both firms argue should be interpreted (albeit in mutually contradictory ways) to result in award to itself. We deny the protests.

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