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B-418784,B-418784.2 1 (2020-09-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebrr0001 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 Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has 1been approved for public release. Matter of: Patronus Systems, Inc. File: B-418784; B-418784.2 Date: September 3, 2020 Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., Scott F. Lane, Esq., and Jayna M. Rust, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for the protester. Jeffrey Weinstein, Esq., The Weinsten Law Group PLLC, for W&W Protection, LLC, the intervenor. Susan E. Sharp, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., Heather Self, Esq., and Jennifer Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest arguing the agency failed to conduct a price realism analysis is denied because the solicitation did not obligate the agency to perform a price realism evaluation. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's technical proposal is sustained because the agency unreasonably concluded that the awardee's proposal revisions resolved one of the deficiencies identified in its initial proposal. 3. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of inconsistencies between the labor hours proposed in the awardee's technical and price proposals is sustained because the evaluation is unreasonable and inadequately documented. DECISION Patronus Systems, Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Melbourne, Florida, protests the award of a contract to W&W Protection, LLC (WVP), an SDVOSB of Sunrise, Florida, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N69450-19-R-1 830, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command for guard services. The protester argues that the agency failed to conduct a price realism analysis, unreasonably concluded that the awardee's final proposal resolved one of the deficiencies identified in its initial proposal, and unreasonably ignored inconsistencies between the labor hours proposed in the awardee's technical and price proposals.

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