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![handle is hein.gao/gaommw0001 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 a
@ C S O rIGAO Protective Order and contained classified
information. This redacted version has been approved
for public release. Redactions marked as [DELETED]
remove proprietary or source selection sensitive
Matter of: Microsoft Corporation information. Redactions obscured by black boxes
remove classified information per the contracting agency.
File: B-420004; B-420004.2
Date: October 29, 2021
Robert S. Metzger, Esq., Neil H. O'Donnell, Esq., Jeffery M. Chiow, Esq., Lucas T.
Hanback, Esq., Alexandria Tindall Webb, Esq., Stephen L. Bacon, Esq., Deborah Norris
Rodin, Esq., and Eleanor Ross, Esq., Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC, and Kara L.
Daniels, Esq., Mark D. Colley, Esq., Sonia Tabriz, Esq., Trevor Schmitt, Esq., and
Michael Gwinn, Esq., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, all for the protester.
Kevin P. Mullen, Esq., J. Alex Ward, Esq., James A. Tucker, Esq., Sandeep N.
Nandivada, Esq., Alissandra D. Young, Esq., and Caitlin A. Crujido, Esq., Morrison &
Foerster LLP, for Amazon Web Services, Inc., the intervenor.
Tatiana Boza, Esq., and Brian E. Hildebrandt, Esq., National Security Agency, for the
agency.
Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., Samantha S. Lee, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest challenging the agency unreasonably evaluated offerors' technical proposals
is sustained where the evaluations were unreasonable and inconsistent with the terms
of the solicitation.
2. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated offerors' management proposals is
denied where the evaluations were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the
solicitation.
3. Protest that the agency failed to evaluate price proposals on a common basis is
dismissed as an untimely challenge to the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION
Microsoft Corporation, of Redmond, Washington, protests the award of a contract to
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), of Seattle, Washington, under request for proposals
(RFP) No. H98230-20-R-0225, issued by the National Security Agency (NSA) for cloud
services in support of the agency's classified and unclassified computing requirements](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaommw0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)