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B-421528,B-421528.2,B-421528.3 Jun 16, 2023 1 (2023-06-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaoovy0001 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 redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: McLaughlin Research Corporation File: B-421528; B-421528.2; B-421528.3 Date: June 16, 2023 Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., Jonathan T. Williams, Esq., Eric A. Valle, Esq., and Annie B. Hudgins, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for the protester. Cherie J. Owen, Esq., Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Issac D. Schabes, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for PURVIS Systems, Inc., the intervenor. Audra L. Medeiros, Esq., Department of the Navy, 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 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals under the personnel subfactor is denied where the evaluation was reasonable, even-handed, and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging the agency's cost realism evaluation is denied where the agency reasonably considered the awardee's and the protester's proposed use of part-time labor. 3. Protest challenging the agency's best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the tradeoff was reasonable, sufficiently documented, and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION McLaughlin Research Corporation (MRC), a small business of New London, Connecticut, protests the issuance of a task order to PURVIS Systems, Inc., (Purvis), a small business of Middletown, Rhode Island, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N66604-22-R-3012, issued by the Department of the Navy, for full life-cycle engineering services in support of the Navy's torpedo program and related systems. The protester contends the agency's evaluation of proposals under the technical capability and cost/price factors was unreasonable, and the best-value tradeoff determination was flawed.

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