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B-419323 1 (2021-01-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecko0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O 0 U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: File: Date: Comptroller General of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. No party requested redactions; we are therefore releasing the decision in its entirety. Trace Systems, Inc. B-419323 January 14, 2021 James K. Kearney, Esq., Gary J. Campbell, Esq., Dickinson (US) LLP, for the protester. Richard J. Conway, Esq., and Michael J. Slattery, Envistacom, LLC, the intervenor. Alexa B. Bryan, Esq., and Jennifer A. Janulewicz, agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST and Lidiya Kurin, Esq., Womble Bond Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for Esq., Department of the Army, for the Office of the General Counsel, GAO, Protest that agency misevaluated the protester's and awardee's past performance is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. DECISION Trace Systems, Inc., of Vienna, Virginia, a small business, protests the issuance of a task order to Envistacom, LLC, of Atlanta, Georgia, under request for task execution plans (RTEP) No. W15P7T-20-F-9108, issued by the Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command, under the Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems II (GTACS II) multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts, for operation, maintenance and sustainment services for several communication systems and networks including tactical and strategic antenna systems. Trace contends that the Army misevaluated both firms' past performance and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RTEP, issued May 20, 2020, contemplated the issuance of a single task order consisting of Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Term and Cost efforts for 36 months (a base year and two option years). Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RTEP, at 1. The RTEP GAO

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