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B-421404.7 Dec 14, 2023 1 (2023-12-14)

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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. This redacted version has
                                          been approved for public release


Matter of:  Torden, LLC

File:        B-421404.7

Date:     December 14, 2023

Richard W. Arnholt, Esq., Roee Talmor, Esq., and Adam R. Brisco, Esq., Bass Berry &
Sims, PLC, for the protester.
Gunjan R. Talati, Esq., Ronald R. Raider, Esq., and Katherine S. Klein, Esq., Kilpatrick
Townsend  & Stockton, LLP, for Arrow Security & Training LLC, the intervenor.
Captain Paula F. Barr, Department of the Army, for the agency.
Jacob M. Talcott, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals is denied where the evaluation
was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

Torden, LLC, a small business of Tiverton, Rhode Island, protests the issuance of a
task order to Arrow Security & Training LLC (AST), a small business of Nashua, New
Hampshire, under request for task order proposals (RTOP) No. W50NH9-21-R-CON3.
The RTOP  was  issued by the Department of the Army for linguist services. The
protester contends that the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The Department  of Defense (DOD) provides linguistic services in support of United
States military missions around the globe by transcribing, translating, and interpreting
data gathered from a variety of sources. Agency Report (AR), Tab 5j, RTOP at 38.1 To
continue supporting these missions, the agency issued the subject ROTP on


1 Tab 5j of the agency report is the final version of the RTOP and incorporates all of the
amendments.

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