Chugach Logistics and Facility Services JV, LLC (N62473-24-R-3210)
Case: B-423690.1
Agency:
Denied
B-423690,B-423690.2
Nov 20, 2025
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Chugach Logistics and Facility Services JV, LLC (CLFS), a small business of Anchorage, Alaska, protests the award of a contract to CCS King George 2 LLC (CCS KG), a small business of Honolulu, Hawaii, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N62473-24-R-3210, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, for base operations support. The protester contends that the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals and made a flawed source selection decision.
We deny the protest.
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Matter of: Chugach Logistics and Facility Services JV, LLC
File: B-423690; B-423690.2
Date: November 20, 2025
Aron C. Beezley, Esq., and Gabrielle A. Sprio, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester.
Roger Abbott, Miles & Stockbridge P.C., for CCS King George 2 LLC, the intervenor.
Andrew Campos, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency.
Samantha S. Lee, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protests challenging the agency's evaluation of corporate experience and past performance are denied where the protester has not demonstrated that the agency's evaluation was unreasonable or inconsistent with the solicitation's terms.
2. Protests challenging the agency's price evaluation are denied where the protester cannot demonstrate unfair competitive prejudice resulting from analysis of price risk under Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement provision 252.204-7024, and the agency was not obligated to perform a price realism analysis as set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15 because the solicitation did not provide for such an analysis.
DECISION
Chugach Logistics and Facility Services JV, LLC (CLFS), a small business of Anchorage, Alaska, protests the award of a contract to CCS King George 2 LLC (CCS KG), a small business of Honolulu, Hawaii, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N62473-24-R-3210, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, for base operations support. The protester contends that the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals and made a flawed source selection decision.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The RFP, set aside for small business concerns, was issued on August 30, 2024, pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15. Agency Report (AR), Exh. 1, RFP at 0001, 0046.[1] The solicitation sought proposals for integrated base operations support services for Naval Base Coronado, California. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 2274. The RFP anticipated establishing a single fixed-price indefinite-delivery, indefinite‑quantity contract with a 6-month base period, seven 1-year option periods, and one 6-month option period. RFP at 0047.
The solicitation established that award would be made on a best-value tradeoff basis, considering the following evaluation factors: corporate experience, key personnel, quality management system, safety, past performance, and price. Id. at 0130. The corporate experience, key personnel, quality management system, and safety factors were equal in importance to one another and, when combined, were equal in importance to the past performance factor. Id. All five non-price factors, considered together, were significantly more important than price. Id.
For past performance, the evaluators would consider recency, relevancy, and quality of past performance references to assign an overall confidence rating of substantial, satisfactory, neutral, limited, or no confidence. AR, Exh. 3, Source Selection Plan at 1415. For the other non-price evaluation factors, the agency would apply a combined technical/risk adjectival rating of outstanding, good, acceptable, marginal, or unacceptable. Id. at 1410. The solicitation provided that the price proposal would be evaluated for fairness and reasonableness, as well as for consistency with the proposed approach. RFP at 0114-15.
The agency received four proposals by the October 10, submission deadline. RFP at 0014; AR, Exh. 9, Source Selection Decision Document (SSDD) at 2253. Following discussions and submission of final proposal revisions, the agency summarized the evaluation of proposals as follows:
CCS KG
CLFS
Corporate experience
Outstanding
Outstanding
Key personnel
Good
Outstanding
Quality management system
Outstanding
Outstanding
Safety
Outstanding
Outstanding
Past performance
Substantial Confidence
Satisfactory Confidence
Price
$82,444,251
$107,240,819
AR, Exh. 9, SSDD at 2255.
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