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B-421494 Jun 07, 2023 1 (2023-06-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaootv0001 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 D ecisio n ;a GAO Protective Order. The entire decision has been approved for public release. Matter of: Systems and Proposal Engineering Company File: B-421494 Date: June 7, 2023 Daniel Strouse, Esq., Rhina Cardenal, Esq., and Pablo Nichols, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for the protester. Nikki R. Musick, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. April Y. Shields, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's technical and cost realism evaluation of the awardee's proposal is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable procurement law and regulation. 2. Protest challenging the agency's best-value tradeoff decision to select a lower technically rated proposal at a lower cost is denied where the record shows that the agency's decision was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Systems and Proposal Engineering Company (SPEC) of Manassas, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Risk Mitigation Consulting (RMC) of Destin, Florida, under task order request for proposals (RFP) N00178-22-R-3019, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, for technical support services for systems engineering and program analysis. The protester challenges the technical and cost evaluation of the awardee's proposal, and the best- value tradeoff decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFP on March 9, 2022, to small business holders of the Navy's SeaPort Next-Generation (SeaPort-NxG) multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-

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