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B-422212,B-422212.2 Feb 27, 2024 1 (2024-02-27)

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                    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 version has been
                                         - - - - - - approved for public release.


Matter of:   American Tech Solutions, LLC

File:     B-422212; B-422212.2

Date:     February   27, 2024

David B. Dempsey,  Esq., Dempsey Law, PLLC, for the protester.
Joseph M. Goldstein, Esq., Shutts & Bowen LLP, for Knight Federal Solutions, Inc., the
intervenor.
Margaret M. Talbot-Bedard, Esq., and Debra J. Talley, Esq., Department of the Army,
for the agency.
Charmaine  A. Stevenson, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging agency's evaluation of quotations and best-value tradeoff decision
is denied where the record reflects that the evaluation and decision were reasonable,
consistent with the terms of the solicitation, and adequately documented.
DECISION

American Tech  Solutions, LLC (ATS), a small business of Reston, Virginia, protests the
issuance of a task order to Knight Federal Solutions, Inc. (KFS), a small business of
Orlando, Florida, by the Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command, under
request for quotations (RFQ) No. W900KK-22-R-0050, for information technology
support services. The protester challenges the agency's conclusion that the quotations
submitted by ATS and KFS  were technically equal, and argues the agency failed to
adequately document  the basis for its award decision.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The mission of the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) is to provide U.S. military
forces with the relevant, rigorous, multi-echelon training . . . to develop adaptive
leaders, confident units, and robust capabilities across the range of military operations
achieving Army readiness, and conducts up to 11 training unit rotations annually.
Agency  Report (AR), Tab 3a, Performance Work Statement (PWS) at 1. To achieve

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