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B-419749,B-419749.2,B-419749.3 Jul 21, 2021 1 (2021-07-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaomaa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo- U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 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: Criterion Systems, Inc. File: B-419749; B-419749.2; B-419749.3 Date: July 21, 2021 David T. Hickey, Esq., Amba M. Datta, Esq., and Ken M. Kanzawa, Esq., Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, for the protester. Scott F. Lane, Esq., Jayna M. Rust, Esq., and Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for McLane Advanced Technologies, LLC, the intervenor. Anh T. Nguyen, Esq., for the Department of Energy; and Meagan K. Guerzon, Esq., for the Small Business Administration, the agencies. Uri R. Yoo, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester is an interested party notwithstanding intervening offerors where the protester timely challenged the agency's evaluation of intervening offerors' proposals. 2. Protest that the agency unreasonably failed to compare proposed compensation plans to the current incumbent compensation is dismissed as untimely where the agency expressly advised offerors that it had no access to the incumbent's compensation information, and the protester did not file a protest prior to the deadline for proposal submission. 3. Protest challenging remaining aspects of the agency's evaluation of proposed compensation is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and sufficiently documented. 4. Protest challenging the agency's price evaluation is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation of price proposals was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation. DECISION Criterion Systems, Inc., a small business of Vienna, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to McLane Advanced Technologies, LLC, a small business of Vienna, Virginia, by the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), under request for proposals (RFP) No. 89233120RNA000086 for professional

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