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B-415772,B-415772.2 1 (2018-03-15)

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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
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
                                              a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
Decision                                      been approved for public release.



Matter of: Oak Grove Technologies, LLC

File:     B-415772; B-415772.2

Date:       March 15, 2018

Charles A. Blanchard, Esq., Kristen E. Ittig, Esq., Michael E. Samuels, Esq., Amanda J.
Sherwood, Esq., and Alexandra L. Barbee-Garrett, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP,
for the protester.
Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., Moshe B. Broder, Esq., and Sarah
B. Hansen, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for Cubic Global Defense, Inc., the intervenor.
Robert B. Neill, Esq., and Scott N. Flesch, Esq., Department of the Army, for the
agency.
Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the realism of the offerors' proposed
costs is denied where the agency evaluated the cost proposals on an equal basis and
reasonably made upward adjustments to the protester's proposed costs.

2. Protest that the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions with the protester
concerning its cost proposal is denied where the agency reasonably advised the
protester of the weaknesses that existed in its proposal at the time of discussions, and
provided an opportunity to submit a revised proposal.

3. Protest challenging the evaluation of the offerors' technical proposals is denied
where the agency evaluated the proposals on an equal basis and in a manner
consistent with the solicitation.
DECISION

Oak Grove Technologies, LLC, of Raleigh, North Carolina, protests the award of a
contract to Cubic Global Defense, Inc., of San Diego, California, under request for
proposals (RFP) No. W91247-13-R-001 8, which was issued by the Department of the
Army for training support services at Fort Polk, Louisiana. The protester argues that the
agency unreasonably and unequally evaluated the realism of the offerors' proposed

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