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B-415153.2,B-415153.3 1 (2018-03-15)

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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                 Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States
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                                            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:  Apextech LLC

File:       B-415153.2; B-415153.3

Date:       March 15, 2018

C. Peter Dungan, Esq., Daniel S. Koch, Esq., Jason A. Blindauer, Esq., and Christopher
S. Denny, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge P.C., for the protester.
David A. Temeles, Jr., Esq., Ladue, Curran, Kuehn, for Golden Key Group, LLC, the
intervenor.
Debra J. Talley, Esq., and Annemarie Drazenovich, Esq., Department of the Army, for
the agency.
Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the evaluation of proposals and source selection decision is denied
where the agency reasonably performed a price realism analysis and evaluated
technical proposals in accordance with the solicitation.
DECISION

Apextech LLC, a small business of Arlington, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task
order to Golden Key Group, LLC (GKG), a small business of Reston, Virginia, under
request for proposals (RFP) No. W1 5QKN-1 7-R-0046, issued by the Department of the
Army, U.S. Army Cadet Command, for reserve officers' training corps support services.
The protester challenges the evaluation of proposals and the selection decision.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The agency issued the RFP on June 2, 2017, using Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) part 16 procedures, to small business holders of the Army's Human Resources
Solutions' Recruitment and Retention Mission Area multiple award indefinite-delivery,
indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFP, at 1. The RFP
contemplated issuance of a fixed-price task order consisting of a 2-week transition/
phase-in period, 11.5-month base period, and two 12-month option periods. Id. Award

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