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B-422540,B-422540.2 Jul 25, 2024 1 (2024-07-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqqs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.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 a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has .c . been approved for public release. D e c is io n ------------------------------------------------------------ Matter of: SunStone Technical Solutions, LLC File: B-422540; B-422540.2 Date: July 25, 2024 Michael McGill, Esq., Nicole A. Williamson, Esq., and Kyung Liu-Katz, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for the protester. Michael L. Sterling, Esq., and Anthony J. Mazzeo, Esq., Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black, PLC, for Invictus Associates, LLC, the intervenor. Emily Rubino, Esq., Rebecca Bailey Jacobsen, Esq., Todd W. Muse, Esq., and Alanna Brannam, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency misevaluated proposals under technical and maintenance, and past performance factors is denied where the record shows the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation. 2. Protest that agency made an unreasonable cost realism analysis is denied where the record shows the agency appropriately determined that the successful offeror's costs were adequately supported, and the agency properly applied indirect cost caps that the successful offeror proposed in making upward cost realism adjustments to the awardee's evaluated costs. 3. Protest that agency made an unreasonable best-value determination is denied where the record shows the source selection authority appropriately considered the evaluation results, applied the solicitation criteria in assessing proposals, and reasonably determined that the protester's advantages, particularly under the past performance factor, did not justify incurring its higher costs. DECISION SunStone Technical Solutions, LLC, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, a small business, protests the issuance of a task order to Invictus Associates, LLC, of Roseland, Virginia, a small business, under task order request for proposals (RFP) No. N001 6423R30001, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, for professional

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