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B-416210,B-416210.2 1 (2018-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduxs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. Matter of: MES Simulation & Training Corp. File: B-416210; B-416210.2 Date: July 10, 2018 Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., and Todd M. Garland, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for the protester. Kristine B. Kassekert, Esq., United States Marine Corps, for the agency. Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of awardee's staffing plan is denied where the agency acknowledged concerns in the awardee's approach but reasonably determined that they did not rise to the level of significant weaknesses or deficiencies. 2. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of awardee's past performance is denied where the agency reasonably evaluated the relevance of the awardee's past performance efforts as similar in complexity and scope to the solicited effort. DECISION MES Simulation & Training Corp., a small business located in Christmas, Florida, challenges the award of a contract to Riptide Software, Inc., a small business located in Oviedo, Florida, under request for proposals (RFP) No. M67854-17-R-7823, issued by the United States Marine Corps for contractor logistics support and modifications to the Supporting Arms Virtual Trainer (SAVT) system. The protester argues that the agency failed to properly evaluate the awardee's proposed staffing plan and price, credited the awardee with an unwarranted strength, unreasonably assessed weaknesses in MES's proposal under two of the non-price factors, and conducted a flawed best-value tradeoff determination. We deny the protest.

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