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B-412587.2 1 (2016-06-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadshk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General V f Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: AMEL Technologies, Inc. File: B-412587.2 Date: June 20, 2016 Melek Yalcintas, Ph.D., for the protester. Andrea S. Maglasang-Miller, Esq., and Ron Ashlock, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of agency's evaluation of architect-engineer qualification statements, as part of a corrective action, is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably performed its evaluation in accordance with the stated selection criteria. DECISION AMEL Technologies, Inc., an economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business concern, of Honolulu, Hawaii, protests the evaluation of its qualification statement under solicitation No. N62478-15-R-5023, which was issued by the Department of the Navy, for architect-engineer services (A/E). AMEL argues that the agency's evaluation of its qualification statement was flawed. We deny the protest.' BACKGROUND This procurement was conducted pursuant to the Brooks Act, 40 U.S.C. §§ 1101-1104 and its implementing regulations, Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 36.6 for A/E services. Issued on May 4, 2015, as a total small business set-aside, the solicitation invited qualified firms to submit a completed Standard 1 Because a protective order was not issued in connection with this protest, our discussion is necessarily general.