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B-418563 1 (2020-06-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebff0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAiOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Decision The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: NIKA Technologies, Inc. File: B-418563 Date: June 5, 2020 Anuj Vohra, Esq., David B. Robbins, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., and Tyler S. Brown, Esq., Crowell & Moring, LLP, for the protester. Adam K. Lasky, Esq., Oles Morrison, Rinker & Baker, LLP, for J&J Maintenance, Inc. dba J&J Worldwide Service, an intervenor. Tamar Gerhart, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's proposal is denied where record shows that agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. DECISION NIKA Technologies, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, protests the elimination of its proposal from consideration for award under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912DY-16-R- 0104, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for specialized medical operations and maintenance services. NIKA argues that the agency misevaluated its proposal and unreasonably did not award it a contract. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND This acquisition is referred to overall as the Operations and Maintenance Engineering Enhancement VI program. The solicitation contemplates the award of multiple indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts for a base period of 24 months and three 12-month option periods. The RFP was issued on an unrestricted basis but reserved a portion of the awards for small businesses. RFP at 3. The RFP provided that the agency would make award to all those firms submitting proposals that were determined qualifying based on an evaluation of non-price considerations (detailed below). RFP

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