A-B Computer Solutions, Inc.

B-415819 Mar 22, 2018 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights A-B Computer Solutions, Inc., a small business located in Mandeville, Louisiana, protests the award of a contract to Advanced Global Resources (AGR), LLC, a small business located in Dallas, Texas, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W56HZV-16-R-0267, issued by the Department of the Army for information technology support services for the Red River Army Depot. The protester, the incumbent contractor, asserts that the contracting officer improperly determined AGR to be a responsible prospective contractor, and that the agency conducted a flawed evaluation of the awardee's technical proposal and past performance. 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 version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of:  A-B Computer Solutions, Inc. File:  B-415819 Date:  March 22, 2018 Nicholas T. Solosky, Esq., Erin F. Masini, Esq., and Kelsey O’Brien, Esq., Fox Rothschild LLP, for the protester. David Y. Yang, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for Advanced Global Resources, LLC, the intervenor. Wade L. Brown, Esq., and Amanda A. Collins, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Alexander O. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1.  Protester is not an interested party to challenge agency’s evaluation of awardee’s technical approach and past performance where protester would not be in line for award if its protest were to be sustained. 2.  Protest that awardee’s proposal does not comply with a definitive responsibility criterion requiring personnel security clearances at a secret level is denied, where the solicitation does not require the awardee to have such clearances prior to award of the contract. 3.  GAO will not review challenge to contracting officer’s affirmative responsibility determination where the record fails to show that contracting officer ignored information that, by its nature, would be expected to have a strong bearing on whether the awardee should be found responsible. DECISION A-B Computer Solutions, Inc., a small business located in Mandeville, Louisiana, protests the award of a contract to Advanced Global Resources (AGR), LLC, a small business located in Dallas, Texas, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W56HZV-16-R-0267, issued by the Department of the Army for information technology support services for the Red River Army Depot.  The protester, the incumbent contractor, asserts that the contracting officer improperly determined AGR to be a responsible prospective contractor, and that the agency conducted a flawed evaluation of the awardee’s technical proposal and past performance. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On July 11, 2017, the Army issued the RFP seeking automated data processing, unclassified network, local database, and land-mobile radio maintenance and repair services at the Red River Army Depot.  The solicitation, which was set aside for small businesses, anticipated award of a single indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, with provisions for the placement of fixed-price and time-and-materials task orders.  RFP at 89.   The RFP contemplated award to the responsible offeror whose proposal represented the best value to the agency considering the following three evaluation factors:  technical, past performance, and cost/price.  Id.