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B-419323.2 1 (2021-01-19)

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                   1Oo-         U.S. GOVERNMENT   ACCOUNTABILITY   OFFICE
                   G A O       A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work
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
                                          been approved for public release.


Matter of:  TeleCommunication  Systems,  Inc.

File:        B-419323.2

Date:       January 19, 2021

Laurel A. Hockey, Esq., Daniel J. Strouse, Esq., and John J. O'Brien, Esq., Cordatis
LLP, for the protester.
Richard J. Conway, Esq., and Michael J. Slattery, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for
Envistacom LLC, the intervenor.
Jennifer Janulewicz, Esq., and Matthew R. Wilson, Esq., Department of the Army, for
the agency.
Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester's proposal is denied
where the record shows that the evaluation was consistent with the terms of the
solicitation and applicable procurement statutes and regulations.
DECISION

TeleCommunication  Systems, Inc. (Comtech), of Annapolis, Maryland, protests the
award of a task order contract to Envistacom, LLC, of Atlanta, Georgia, under request
for task execution plan (RTEP) No. W15P7T-20-F-9108, issued by the Department of
the Army for global field support representative support services. Comtech asserts that
the Army unreasonably evaluated its quotation.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On May  20, 2020, the Army issued the RTEP against its Global Tactical Advanced
Communication  Systems  II indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to
procure operation, maintenance, and sustainment services of several communication
systems/networks, including Deployable Ku Earth Terminals and Micro Very Small

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