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B-421064,B-421064.2 Dec 22, 2022 1 (2022-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaoodp0001 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: Meltech Corporation, Inc.
File:     B-421064; B-421064.2
Date:     December 22, 2022
Daniel J. Strouse, Esq., and Laurel A. Hockey, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for the protester.
Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., Jonathan T. Williams, Esq., and Eric A. Valle, Esq., Piliero
Mazza PLLC, for Strongside Builders, LLC, the intervenor.
Lieutenant Colonel Jason R. Hull, Max D. Houtz, Esq., William S. Whitman, Esq., and
James E. Durkee, Esq., Defense Intelligence Agency, for the agency.
Uri R. Yoo, Esq., and Alexander O. Levine, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester's proposal under the
management capability factor is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and
consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
2. Protest challenging the agency's past performance evaluation of projects performed
by both members of a mentor-protege joint venture is denied where the evaluation was
consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable small business regulations.
DECISION
Meltech Corporation, a small business of Landover, Maryland, protests the award of a
contract to Strongside Builders, LLC, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, under request for
proposals (RFP) No. HHM4022-22-R-0018, issued by the Department of Defense,
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for general construction services. The protester
argues that the award to Strongside was improper because DIA unreasonably
evaluated proposals under the management capability and past performance factors.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The agency issued the solicitation on May 26, 2022, seeking proposals to provide a
broad range of construction maintenance, installation, repair, minor and major

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