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B-419826.4 Sep 23, 2022 1 (2022-09-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaonse0001 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
DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                           a GAO Protective Order. This version has been
approved for public release.
Matter of:  Barbaricum LLC
File:     B-419826.4
Date:     September 23, 2022
Ryan C. Bradel, Esq., and Michael E. Hatch, Esq., Ward & Berry PLLC, for the
protester.
Lewis P. Rhodes Esq., McMahon, Welch and Learned, PLLC, for OBXTek, Inc., the
intervenor.
Jonathan A. Hardage, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency.
Michael P. Grogan, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging the agency's best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the record
reflects that the decision was reasonable, consistent with the terms of the solicitation,
and adequately documented.
DECISION
Barbaricum LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of
Washington, D.C., protests the issuance of a task order to OBXTek, Inc., an SDVOSB
of McLean, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. RS3-20-0008, issued by the
Department of the Army, for enterprise information systems program management
support. The protester contends the agency's best-value tradeoff was unreasonable
and inconsistent with the terms of the solicitation.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The agency issued the solicitation on July 23, 2020, as a small business set-aside, to
firms holding the Army's Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3) multiple
award indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, pursuant to the procedures
in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFP

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