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B-421814 Oct 03, 2023 1 (2023-10-03)

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                   U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States


Decision                                        DOCUMENT  FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

Matter of:  MSK  TriTech Group, LLC    The decision   issued on the date below was subject to
                                              a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                              been approved for public release.
File:        B-421814                        ----------------------------------

Date:       October 3, 2023

Paul F. Khoury, Esq., J. Ryan Frazee, Esq., and Morgan W. Huston, Esq., Wiley Rein
LLP, for the protester.
Matthew T. Schoonover, Esq., Matthew P. Moriarty, Esq., John M. Mattox, II, Esq.,
Ian P. Patterson, Esq., and Timothy J. Laughlin, Esq., Schoonover & Moriarty LLC, for
QED  Systems, LLC, the intervenor.
David A. Machado, Esq., and Wade L. Brown, Esq., Department of the Army, for the
agency.
Heather Self, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging evaluation of protester's proposal as ineligible for award is denied
where evaluation was reasonable, consistent with the solicitation, and did not employ
unstated evaluation criteria.
DECISION

MSK  TriTech Group, LLC (MSK), a small business of Stafford, Virginia, protests the
issuance of a task order to QED Systems, LLC (QED), a small business of Aberdeen
Proving Ground, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. RS3-22-0018. The
Department of the Army issued the RFP for system engineering and technical
assistance support and sustainment engineering services. The protester challenges the
agency's evaluation of its proposal as technically unacceptable and ineligible for award.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On August 3, 2022, using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart
16.5, the agency issued the solicitation to small business holders of its Army
Contracting Command-Aberdeen   Proving Ground's Responsive Strategic Sourcing for
Services indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts. Contracting Officer's
Statement and Memorandum   of Law (COS/MOL)  at 1; Agency Report (AR) Tab 7, RFP

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