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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. The entire decision has
been approved for public release.
Matter of:  UDC USA, Inc.
File:     B-419671
Date:     June 21, 2021
Lee Dougherty, Esq., Effectus, PLLC, for the protester.
Barry J. Hurewitz, Esq., Philip E. Beshara, Esq., and Chanda L. Brown, Esq., Wilmer
Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, for Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense
Company, the intervenor.
Jered J. Leo, Esq., and Jonathan A. Hardage, Esq., Department of the Army, for the
agency.
Hannah G. Barnes, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest that agency applied unstated evaluation criteria in its evaluation of a
protester's proposal is denied where the record reflects that the challenged evaluation
was premised on matters that were logically encompassed by the stated evaluation
criteria.
2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal, including
allegations that the agency unreasonably failed to assess additional strengths in the
protester's technical proposal, is denied where the record shows that the agency's
evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
3. Protest challenging the agency's past performance evaluation is denied where the
record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the
terms of the solicitation.
DECISION
UDC USA, Inc., a small business of Tampa, Florida, protests the award of a contract to
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense Company (Ensign), of Simsbury, Connecticut,
under request for proposals (RFP) No. W15QKN-20-R-0072, issued by the Department
of the Army, Army Contracting Command, for the production, testing, packaging, and
delivery of blasting caps. UDC challenges the agency's evaluation of the protester's
proposal, as well as the agency's source selection decision.

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