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B-418818 Sep 17, 2020 1 (2020-09-17)

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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: Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation
File:     B-418818
Date:     September 17, 2020
Thomas K. David, Esq., Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., and Katherine A. David, Esq., David,
Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for the protester.
Colleen A. Eagan, Esq., and Vera A. Strebel, Esq., Defense Information Systems
Agency, for the agency.
Christopher Alwood, Esq., and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging an agency's evaluation of protester's proposal under the
technical/management approach evaluation factor is denied where the evaluation was
reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.
DECISION
Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation (MetTel), a small business of New York,
New York, protests the issuance of a task order to Verizon Business Network Services,
Inc., of Ashburn, Virginia under request for proposals (RFP) No. 821913732, issued by
the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), for network data services in support
of the Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) network. The protester challenges the
agency's evaluation of its technical proposal and alternatively argues that the solicitation
contained a latent ambiguity.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
On September 9, 2019, the agency issued the RFP to firms holding contracts under the
General Services Administration's (GSA's) Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS)
multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, pursuant to the
procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5. Agency Report (AR),
Contracting Officer's Statement and Memorandum of Law (COS/MOL) at 4; AR, Tab 1,
RFP at 2. The solicitation sought proposals to provide network data services in support

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