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B-420699 Jul 06, 2022 1 (2022-07-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaonhv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: ARTi, Inc. File: B-420699 Date: July 6, 2022 Robert M. Holmes, Jr., ARTi, Inc., for the protester. Weston E. Borkenhagen, Esq., and Jill B. Wiley, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Elizabeth R. Walsh, Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that solicitation improperly provides for award on a lowest-price, technically acceptable basis when it also invites offerors to submit alternate proposals is denied because, contrary to the protester's argument, the solicitation of alternate proposals does not mean the agency cannot evaluate those proposals on a binary basis. DECISION ARTi, Inc., of Hampton, Virginia, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. W911 S022R0012, issued by the Department of the Army to provide support services for its Army Training Information System. The protester contends that the solicitation improperly provides for award on a lowest-price, technically acceptable (LPTA) basis when it also invites offerors to submit alternate proposals. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP contemplates the award of a fixed-price contract for a base year and four 1-year options to provide support services for the Army Training Information System. Agency Report (AR), Exh. 8, Conformed RFP at 4. The agency seeks contractor support for system continuity, information documentation and maintenance, help desk support, and system engineering services. Contracting Officer's Statement at 1. The RFP contemplates the award of the contract on an LPTA basis. RFP at 92. In this connection, proposals were to be evaluated under three factors: mission capability, past performance, and price. Id. at 93. Under the mission capability factor, the agency

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