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B-420423.1,B-420423.2 Mar 15, 2022 1 (2022-03-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaomwx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 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 D e cisi+o n a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has D ecision been approved for public release. Matter of: Valley Apparel, LLC; Coachys & Associates, LLC File: B-420423.1; B-420423.2 Date: March 15, 2022 David S. Black, Esq., Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Amy L. Fuentes, Esq., and Jeremy D. Burkhart, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protesters. Allison Colsey Eck, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Samantha S. Lee, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protests challenging agency technical evaluations are denied where the technical evaluations were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Valley Apparel, LLC, a small business of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Coachys & Associates, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Canton, Georgia, protest their exclusion from the competition under request for proposals (RFP) No. SPE1 C1-20-R-0157, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for extreme cold/wet weather trousers. Valley Apparel and Coachys argue that the technical evaluations were unreasonable and inadequately documented. We deny the protests. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFP on June 9, 2021. In general terms, the agency sought to acquire waterproof, extreme cold/wet weather camouflage trousers. Agency Report (AR), Exh. 1, RFP at 1, 6, 20.1 The requirements were set forth in purchase description No. GL-PD-06-17D, which included specifications for the design, materials, and 1 The protests were developed separately. Citations are to the record filed in B-420423.1, Valley Apparel, LLC, except where otherwise noted.

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