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B-422428 Jun 24, 2024 1 (2024-06-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqkk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G AO 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:  New Generation Solution, LLC
File:     B-422428
Date:     June 24, 2024
Taylor R. Holt, Esq., Maynard Nexsen, PC, for the protester.
C. Peter Dungan, Esq., Alfred M. Wurglitz, Esq., Adam A. Bartolanzo, Esq., Lauren S.
Fleming, Esq., and Cash W. Carter, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge P.C., for Akima Systems
Engineering, LLC, the intervenor.
Colleen A. Eagan, Esq., and Vera A. Strebel, Esq., Defense Information Systems
Agency, for the agency.
Emily R. O'Hara, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging the evaluation of protester's proposal is denied where the agency's
assessment of weaknesses, overall evaluation of protester's technical approach, and
source selection decision were reasonable.
DECISION
New Generation Solution, LLC (NGS), a small business of McLean, Virginia, protests
the award of a contract to Akima Systems Engineering, LLC, of Herndon, Virginia, under
request for proposals (RFP) No. 712367735, issued by the Defense Information
Systems Agency (DISA) for information technology (IT) services. The protester argues
that the agency's evaluation of its technical proposal was unreasonable and that the
source selection decision was flawed.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
On September 29, 2023, using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) subpart 16.5, the agency issued the solicitation as a set-aside to 8(a) firms with
indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts under the General Services
Administration's (GSA) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services

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