URS Federal Services, Inc.

B-413333 Oct 11, 2016 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights URS Federal Services, Inc., of Germantown, Maryland, protests the award of a task order to AASKI Technology Inc., of Ocean, New Jersey, under request for task execution plan (RTEP) No. R23G-0876, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground, for scientific, technical, professional, and engineering expertise to support the missions of: the Adaptive Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices/Explosive Ordinance Disposal (CIED/EOD) Solutions Division (G-38); Support Division (ODS); Cyberspace and Information Operations Division (ODCI); Electronic Warfare Division (ODE); and the Protection Division (G-34). URS alleges that the agency misevaluated its proposal. We deny the protest. We deny the protest. View Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of:  URS Federal Services, Inc. File:  B-413333 Date:  October 11, 2016 William A. Roberts III, Esq., Richard B. O’Keeffe, Jr., Esq., and Samantha S. Lee, Esq, Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Roshan D. Shah, Esq., Scarinci & Hollenbeck LLC, for AASKI Technology Inc., the intervenor. Stacy G. Wilhite, Esq., and David C. DeFrieze, Esq., for the Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Challenge to the agency’s evaluation of the protester’s proposal is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION URS Federal Services, Inc., of Germantown, Maryland, protests the award of a task order to AASKI Technology Inc., of Ocean, New Jersey, under request for task execution plan (RTEP) No. R23G-0876, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground, for scientific, technical, professional, and engineering expertise to support the missions of:  the Adaptive Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices/Explosive Ordinance Disposal (CIED/EOD) Solutions Division (G-38); Support Division (ODS); Cyberspace and Information Operations Division (ODCI); Electronic Warfare Division (ODE); and the Protection Division (G-34).  URS alleges that the agency misevaluated its proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RTEP, issued on November 27, 2015, contemplated the award of a task order with cost-plus-fixed-fee contract line item numbers (CLINs), for a 1-year base period with two 1-year option periods.[1]  RTEP at 7-8.  The objective of this procurement was to provide the various Army divisions named above (G-38, ODS, ODCI, ODE, and G-34) with scientific, technical, professional, and engineering expertise to support the Army’s CIED/EOD mission.  Id. at 7. The solicitation provided that award would be made on a lowest-cost[2] technically acceptable basis considering the following three factors:  technical, cost, and cost control factors.[3]  RTEP at 12-13.  The technical evaluation factor had five subfactors:  (1) quality assurance plan (QASP), (2) manpower, (3) key personnel, (4) corporate experience, and (5) transition plan.  Id. at 4-6.  The RTEP stated that to be considered overall technically acceptable, an offeror must receive a rating of acceptable, and meet the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS), for each subfactor.[4]  Id. at 12-13. As relevant here, the RTEP required offerors to submit under the key personnel subfactor the following:  one resume (not to exceed three pages) for all key personnel as outlined in the labor category descriptions attachment to the RTEP to demonstrate that each proposed key person “meets or exceeds the requirements/criteria of the R2-3G base labor categories and the [ ] PWS paragraphs listed below.”  Id. at 5.  The solicitation listed eleven key personnel positions, including, as relevant to this protest, the position of EOD Senior Program Analyst (G-38).  Id.