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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
been approved for public release.
Matter of: Xenith Group, LLC
File: B-420706
Date: July 14, 2022
Thomas K. David, Esq., Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., and Katherine A. David, Esq., David,
Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for the protester.
Dana J. Chase, Esq., Major Jason C. Coffey, Andrew J. Smith, Esq., and Major Bruce
L. Mayeaux, 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 challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's technical proposal fails
to state a valid basis for protest where the protester misunderstood the solicitation
criteria, and where the agency's evaluation was consistent with the terms of the
solicitation.
2. Protest arguing that the agency disregarded information that was too close at hand
to ignore fails to state a valid basis for protest where the too close at hand line of
decisions does not apply to technical evaluations.
3. Protest alleging that the awardee engaged in an impermissible bait and switch fails
to state a valid basis for protest where the protester's allegations are based only on
speculation.
DECISION
Xenith Group, LLC, a small business of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a
task order to Digital Consultants, LLC, under task order proposal request (TOPR)
No. W911 S021 R0008. The Department of the Army, Mission and Installation
Contracting Command-Fort Eustis, issued the TOPR for video teleconferencing and
audiovisual support services. The protester argues that the agency rejected its
proposal for reasons that are inconsistent with the terms of the solicitation. Protest at 8.
Xenith also alleges that the Army unreasonably failed to credit its subcontractors for
work that was too close at hand for the [a]gency to ignore. Id. at 9. Finally, the](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaonjr0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)