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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                           of the United States




Decision


Matter of:  Tower Engineering Professional, LLC

File:       B-419158

Date:       December  22, 2020

Charles Holstein for the protester.
Debra J. Talley, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency.
Hannah  G. Barnes, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal as technically
unacceptable is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably found that
numerous  aspects of the protester's proposal did not satisfy the solicitation criteria.

2. Protest alleging that the awardee had an unfair incumbent advantage is denied
where the record reflects that any advantage arising from the awardee's past
performance with the agency constituted normally occurring incumbent advantage.
DECISION

Tower Engineering Professional, LLC (Tower), a small business of Raleigh, North
Carolina, protests the award of a contract to Advanced Systems Technology, Inc.
(AST), a small business of Lawton, Oklahoma, under request for proposals (RFP)
No. W900KK-20-R-0058,  issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Contracting
Command-Orlando,  for tactical communication services. Tower alleges that the agency
unreasonably evaluated its proposal as technically unacceptable and that AST had an
unfair competitive advantage.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFP, issued on June 10, 2020, as a small-business set-aside, contemplates the
award of a contract for efforts required to replace four tactical communication towers
and shelters, and to perform a tower technology refresh at the Joint Readiness Training
Center (JRTC) in Fort Polk, Louisiana. It also concerns efforts required to perform a

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