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GAO U.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: Innovative Pathways, LLC
File: B-416100.2
Date: June 13, 2018
William T. Welch, Esq., and Peter A. Fish, Esq., McMahon, Welch and Learned, PLLC,
for the protester.
Dennis A. Adelson, Esq., Peter J. Dickson, Esq., Alison E. Spurlock, Esq., and Vijaya S.
Surampudi, Esq., Department of Labor, for the agency.
April Y. Shields, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of protester's proposal is denied where the
evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the assessment of a deficiency for
failure to meet a material solicitation requirement.
DECISION
Innovative Pathways, LLC, of Alexandria, Virginia,1 protests the award of a contract to
Heritage Services Corporation, of Rockledge, Florida, under request for proposals
(RFP) No. 1630J3-17-R-00007, by the Department of Labor for the operation of a Job
Corps Center. The protester primarily challenges the agency's evaluation of its
proposal and assessment of a deficiency under the phase-in/phase-out plan subfactor.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The RFP, issued on August 14, 2017, as a small business set-aside, sought a
contractor to operate a Job Corps Center in Jacksonville, Florida. The contractor would
be responsible for providing academic and career training and related support services
1 Innovative Pathways is a small business joint venture consisting of [redacted]. Agency
Report (AR), Tab 11, Innovative Final Staff Resources Proposal, at 2.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaduut0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)