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B-412611 1 (2016-04-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsbt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: AMEL Technologies, Inc. File: B-412611 Date: April 1, 2016 Melek Yalcintas, Ph.D., AMEL Technologies, Inc., for the protester. N. Harry Herrick, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a procurement for architect-engineering services, protest of the agency's evaluation of the protester's qualification statement is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency reasonably evaluated the protester's experience and technical competence consistent with the solicitation's selection criteria and the record does not support the protester's allegation of gender bias. DECISION AMEL Technologies, Inc., of Honolulu, Hawaii, protests the agency's evaluation of its qualification statement under synopsis No. N6274215R0002, issued by the Department of the Navy for architect-engineering (A/E) services. AMEL, which is an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB), challenges the evaluation of its experience and technical competence, and alleges that the evaluation reflected gender bias against women architects and engineers. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The procurement, which was set aside for small businesses, was conducted pursuant to the Brooks Act, 40 U.S.C. §§ 1102-1104, and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 36.6 for A/E services for geotechnical projects in various locations under the area of responsibility (AOR) of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific (NAVFAC Pacific). Synopsis at 1, 4, 6. The synopsis provided for the award of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for a base year

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