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B-418735.3,B-418735.4 Apr 30, 2021 1 (2021-04-30)

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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: IAP World Services, Inc.
File:     B-418735.3; B-418735.4
Date:     April 30, 2021
Anuj Vohra, Esq., Abigail T. Stokes, Esq., Craig D. Barrett, Esq., William O'Reilly, Esq.,
and Jakub S. Wisniewski, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester.
Keith R. Szeliga, Esq., Adam Bartolanzo, Esq., and Nikole Snyder, Esq., Sheppard
Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, for TechFlow Mission Support, LLC d/b/a/ EMI Services,
the intervenor.
Christopher J. Robbins, Esq., and Seth Eddy, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the
agency.
Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest that the agency improperly made its source selection decision is dismissed
where the protester's proposal was ranked third overall and would not be in line for
award in the event its allegations were sustained.
DECISION
IAP World Services, Inc. (IAP), of Cape Canaveral, Florida, protests the award of a
contract to TechFlow Mission Support, LLC, d/b/a/ EMI Services (EMI), of Idaho Falls,
Idaho, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N62470-18-R-3006, issued by the
Department of the Navy for base operations support services at Naval Air Station
Patuxent River, Maryland. IAP contends that the best-value tradeoff determination was
flawed and the identity of the awardee is ambiguous.
We dismiss the protest.
BACKGROUND
Issued on January 14, 2019, the RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price
indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, RFP at 340.
The Navy sought a contractor to furnish tasks such as labor, supervision, management,
and tools for services such as management and administration, public safety, air

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