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B-416486,B-416486.2 1 (2018-09-10)

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GAO U.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:  BANC3, Inc.

File:       B-416486; B-416486.2

Date:       September 10, 2018

Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., Scott F. Lane, Esq., and Jayna M. Rust, Esq., Thompson
Coburn LLP, for the protester.
Roshan D. Shah, Esq., Scarinci & Hollenbeck, LLC, for AASKI Technology, Inc., the
intervenor.
Jonathan A. Hardage, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency.
Joshua R. Gillerman, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals is denied where the evaluation
was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation and procurement law and
regulations; protester is not an interested party to maintain remaining allegations.

DECISION

BANC3, Inc., of Princeton, New Jersey, protests the award of a contract to AASKI
Technology, Inc., of Tinton Falls, New Jersey, under request for proposals (RFP)
No. W5KGU-1 7-R-001 0, issued by the Department of the Army, Army Contracting
Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground, for technical support services. BANC3
challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFP, issued on August 23, 2017, as a woman-owned small business set-aside,
contemplated the award of a contract, for a 1-year base period and three 1-year option
periods, to provide all personnel, supplies, and services necessary to perform research
and development in support of the United States Army Communications-Electronics
Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), Command Power and
Integration (CP&I) Directorate. Agency Report (AR), Tab 4, RFP, Performance Work

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