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B-421989,B-421989.2 Dec 21, 2023 1 (2023-12-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaoprb0001 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: ELS, Inc. File: B-421989; B-421989.2 Date: December 21, 2023 Elizabeth N. Jochum, Esq., Stephanie M. Harden, Esq., Carolyn Cody-Jones, Esq., and Shane M. Hannon, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for the protester. Lee Dougherty, Esq., Effectus PLLC, for Green Expert Technology Inc., an intervenor. Nicole M. Trask, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated technical and price proposals is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, where the dollar amount of the task order is below the threshold for GAO jurisdiction, notwithstanding that the agency's evaluated cost for the awardee exceeded that threshold. DECISION ELS, Inc., of Washington, DC, protests the issuance of a task order to Green Expert Technology Inc. (GreenXT), of Haddonfield, New Jersey, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00164-22-R-3023, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), for support services. ELS, the incumbent contractor, challenges the reasonableness of the Navy's evaluation of technical and price proposals and asserts that the agency conducted a flawed best-value tradeoff analysis. We dismiss the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued to small business holders of the Navy's SeaPort Next Generation indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts, sought proposals to provide

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