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B-420626 May 11, 2022 1 (2022-05-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaonch0001 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
Decision                            a GAO Protective Order. The entire decision has now
been approved for public release.
Matter of: MartinFederal Consulting, LLC
File:      B-420626
Date:     May 11, 2022
Jerome S. Gabig, Esq., Richard J.R. Raleigh, Jr, Esq., Christopher L. Lockwood, Esq.,
Wilmer & Lee, P.A., for the protester.
Jonathan T. Williams, Esq., Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., Eric A. Valle, Esq., and Patrick
T. Rothwell, Esq., Piliero Mazza, for Altus Engineering, LLC, the intervenor.
Debra J. Talley, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency.
Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protester's speculation that awardee proposed to meet the solicitation's experience
requirements through a subcontractor fails to state a valid basis for protest where the
solicitation permitted an offeror to demonstrate compliance with the solicitation's
requirements through proposed subcontractors.
2. Protester's speculation that awardee will subcontract more than 50 percent of the
contract requirements fails to state a valid basis for protest where the alleged
subcontractor qualifies as a small business under the solicitation's applicable North
American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code, and the solicitation's limitation
on subcontracting is inapplicable to such entities.
3. Protester's assertion that workshops conducted by awardee's alleged subcontractor
created an organizational conflict of interest fails to state a valid basis for protest.
DECISION
MartinFederal Consulting, LLC, of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the award of a contract
to Altus Engineering, LLC, by the Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command,

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