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B-416208.3 1 (2018-12-20)

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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:   Knowlogy Corporation

File:        B-416208.3

Date:        December 20, 2018

Scott R. Williamson, Esq., and Daniel R. Williamson, Esq., Williamson Law Group, LLC,
for the protester.
Fernand A. Lavallee, Esq., Cherie J. Owen, Esq., and Robin A. Overby, Esq., Jones
Day, for Global Knowledge Training, LLC, the intervenor.
Kathleen K. Barksdale, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency.
Evan C. Williams, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of protester's proposal under staffing and
past performance evaluation factors is denied where the record shows that the
evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

Knowlogy Corporation (Knowlogy), of Vienna, Virginia, protests the award of a contract
to Global Knowledge Training, LLC under request for proposals (RFP) No. ID03180005,
issued by the General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Acquisition Service, for
information technology training services. Knowlogy, the incumbent contractor,
challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal under the staffing and past
performance factors, as well as the agency's award decision.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On March 14, 2018, GSA issued the RFP pursuant to the procedures of Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15. 1 Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, RFP at 1. The


1 Citations to the RFP are to the conformed copy provided by the agency at Tab 1.

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