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G A O Comptroller General
Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to
a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
been approved for public release.
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Matter of: Innovative Management Concepts, Inc.
File: B-408070.2
Date: December 4, 2013
Eric S. Crusius, Esq., James S. Phillips, Esq., Stephen R. Ramaley, Esq., and
Kevin P. Joyce, Esq., Centre Law Group, LLC, for the protester.
Debra J. Talley, Esq., and Denise M. Marrama, Esq., Department of the Army, for
the agency.
Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest that agency improperly relied on undisclosed criteria in making selection
decision is denied where the matter at issue--the benefits associated with the
selected firm having proposed [deleted] more people--was reasonably
encompassed by the solicitation's stated evaluation factors.
2. Protest of best value determination is denied where agency reasonably
concluded that selection of slightly higher-priced proposal was warranted in light of
the proposal's provision of additional personnel and the experience of the firm's
subcontractor under the incumbent contract.
DECISION
Innovative Management Concepts, Inc. (IMC), of Dulles, Virginia, protests the
issuance of a task order to Veteran Engineering & Technology, LLC (VETS), of
Colorado Springs, Colorado, under task order request for proposals (TORP)
No. TORP725153, issued by the Department of the Army, Mission and Installation
Contracting Command-Fort Dix (MICC) under the General Services Administration's
Veterans Technology Services Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) for
information technology management services. IMC challenges the agency's
evaluation of proposals and the best value award determination.
We deny the protest.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadqca0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)