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B-418942,B-418942.2,B-418942.3 Oct 27, 2020 1 (2020-10-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecqm0001 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 D ecisio n ;a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release Matter of: Vectrus Mission Solutions Corporation; Vanquish Worldwide, LLC File: B-418942; B-418942.2; B-418942.3 Date: October 27, 2020 Kevin P. Mullen, Esq., James A. Tucker, Esq., Alissandra D. Young, Esq., and Victoria D. Angle, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for Vectrus Mission Solutions Corporation; and Michael D. Maloney, Esq., and Anthony H. Anikeef, Esq., Williams Mullen P.C., for Vanquish Worldwide, LLC, protesters. Cameron S. Hamrick, Esq., C. Peter Dugan, Esq., Roger V. Abbott, Esq., and Megan J. McGinnis, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge P.C., for VS2, LLC, an intervenor. George P. Farley, Esq., and Jonathan A. Hardage, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's cost evaluation is sustained where record shows agency improperly made an upward most probable cost adjustment to a proposed cost that the protester legally bound itself to absorb during contract performance. DECISION Vectrus Mission Solutions Corporation, of Alexandria, Virginia, and Vanquish Worldwide, LLC, of Knoxville, Tennessee, protest the issuance of a task order to VS2, LLC, of Alexandria, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W52P1 J-19-R- 0070, issued by the Department of the Army for logistics support services at Fort Benning, Georgia. Both protesters argue that the agency misevaluated proposals and made an improper source selection decision. We sustain Vectrus's protest and dismiss Vanquish's protest. BACKGROUND The RFP contemplates the issuance of a predominantly cost-plus-fixed-fee type requirements task order for a base year and four 1-year options to perform the solicited

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