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B-421835,B-421835.2,B-421835.3 Nov 01, 2023 1 (2023-11-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaopmu0001 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: Vertex Aerospace, LLC File: B-421835; B-421835.2; B-421835.3 Date: November 1, 2023 J. Alex Ward, Esq., James A. Tucker, Esq., Caitlin A. Crujido, Esq., and Michaela E. Thornton, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for the protester. Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Kelly Buroker, Esq., Jeffrey Lowry, Esq., and Tamara Droubi, Esq., Vedder Price PC, for Amentum Services, Inc., the intervenor. Jonathan A. Hardage, Esq., and Wade L. Brown, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Jacob M. Talcott, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of protester's past performance and subsequent best-value tradeoff decision is sustained where the record indicates that the agency did not perform a qualitative assessment of protester's proposal and relied on factual inaccuracies. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's technical proposal and awardee's technical proposal is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. 3. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's small business commitment documentation is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Vertex Aerospace, LLC, of Madison, Mississippi, protests the award of a contract to Amentum Services, Inc., of Germantown, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W58RGZ-21-R-0133, issued by the Department of the Army for services to support the fixed-wing program office. The protester contends the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals, which resulted in an unreasonable source selection decision. We sustain the protest in part and deny it in part.

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