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B-421358.2 Mar 30, 2023 1 (2023-03-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaookk0001 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: Layan Consultants, LLC File: B-421358.2 Date: March 30, 2023 Moyassar Y. Mohammed, Layan Consultants, LLC, for the protester. Amy Fuentes, Esq., Christian Nagel, Esq., Jeremy D. Burkhart, Esq., and Sean Belanger, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for Versar, Inc., the intervenor. Megan O. Jorns, Esq., Michael Taccino, Esq., and Aimee L. Rippeon, Esq., Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Hannah G. Barnes, 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 its proposal under the quality control factor is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation, and further challenges to the ratings of other factors leave undisturbed the proposal's rating of unacceptable under the quality control factor, disqualifying the protester from receiving award on a lowest-price, technically acceptable (LPTA) basis. DECISION Layan Consultants, LLC, of Tysons, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Versar, Inc., of Springfield, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912ER22R0041, issued by the Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers, for personnel to monitor construction projects throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal, arguing that the Army unreasonably rated its proposal unacceptable under the two non-price evaluation factors. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on August 15, 2022, under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12, acquisition of commercial items, and FAR subpart 13.5, simplified acquisition procedures. Agency Report (AR), encl. 2, RFP at 50. The RFP sought qualified Saudi Local Nationals (LN), U.S. Citizens, and Other Country National (OCN) personnel to

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