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B-418619,B-418619.2,B-418619.3,B-418619.4 1 (2020-07-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebmn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 Decision version has been approved for public release. Matter of: XTec, Inc. File: B-418619; B-418619.2; B-418619.3; B-418619.4 Date: July 2, 2020 David Cohen, Esq., Daniel J. Strouse, Esq., and John J. O'Brien, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for the protester. Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., Moshe B. Broder, Esq., Sarah B. Hansen, Esq., and Nicole E. Giles, Esq., Wiley Rein, LLP, for Guidehouse, LLP, the intervenor. John W. Cox, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Michael Willems, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that solicitation contained a latent ambiguity concerning the agency's evaluation of past performance and experience is denied where the protester could not demonstrate that it was prejudiced by the ambiguity. 2. Protest that the agency erred in its evaluation of the protester's proposal in numerous respects is denied where the agency's evaluation judgments were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 3. Protest that the agency unequally assigned strengths and weaknesses to offerors' proposals is denied where the proposals were meaningfully different in relevant respects. 4. Protest that the agency failed to consider the risks posed by the awardee's proposal is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably considered the risks posed by awardee's proposed approach. 5. Protest that the agency failed to adequately consider the awardee's unequal access to information organizational conflict of interest is denied, where the agency reasonably considered the available information and concluded that no conflict of interest existed.

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