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B-414410,B-414410.2 1 (2017-06-06)

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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                 Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States
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                                            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:  Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc.

File:       B-414410; B-414410.2

Date:       June 6, 2017

David B. Dixon, Esq., Alexander B. Ginsberg, Esq., and Meghan D. Doherty, Esq.,
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester.
Richard B. O'Keeffe, Jr., Esq., William A. Roberts III, Esq., Tara L. Ward, Esq., and
Gary S. Ward, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for URS Federal Services, Inc., the intervenor.
Jeff Mansfield, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency.
Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation under the technical capability factor and
management approach factor is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and in
accordance with the solicitation's evaluation criteria.

2. Protest alleging that the agency failed to adjust the awardee's cost for risk assigned
to its proposal is denied where the presence of some risk in a proposal does not
necessarily require an agency to upwardly adjust the proposal costs.

3. Protest challenging the agency's best-value decision is denied where the agency
reasonably concluded that the awardee provided the highest-rated, lowest-priced
proposal.
DECISION

Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc., of San Diego, California, protests the Department of
the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) issuance of a task order to URS
Federal Services, Inc., of Germantown, Maryland, for engineering and technical support
services at the Navy's Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC). The

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