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GAO 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
              i /   7been approved for public release.


Matter of:  Infinity Systems Engineering, LLC

File:       B-419043

Date:       November  20, 2020

Ryan J. Klein, Esq., Sherman & Howard LLC, for the protester.
Gregory S. Jacobs, Esq., and Erin L. Felix, Esq., Polsinelli PC, for Net-centric Design
Professionals, LLC, the intervenor.
Colonel Patricia S. Wiegman-Lenz, Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Wu,
Major Matthew W. Ramage-White,  and Daniel S. Vaillant, Esq., Department of the
Air Force, for the agency.
Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest alleging that agency mechanically applied an undisclosed staffing estimate
when  evaluating proposals is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency
considered the protester's proposed staffing plan and reasonably determined that it did
not meet the requirements of the solicitation.
DECISION

Infinity Systems Engineering, LLC, a small business located in Colorado Springs,
Colorado, protests the award of a contract to Net-centric Design Professionals, LLC, a
small business located in Boulder, Colorado, under request for proposals (RFP) No.
FA8810-19-R-0002,  issued by the Department of the Air Force for support services for
the Tools, Applications, and Processing (TAP) Laboratory and the Overhead Persistent
Infrared Battlespace Awareness (OBAC) Center. Infinity argues that the agency
improperly evaluated its proposal as technically unacceptable based on a mechanical
application of an undisclosed staffing estimate.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The Air Force issued the RFP, as a small business set-aside, on October 23, 2019, for
TAP  Lab and OBAC  support services. The support services include systems

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