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B-416486,B-416486.2 1 (2018-09-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvbq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.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 Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: BANC3, Inc. File: B-416486; B-416486.2 Date: September 10, 2018 Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., Scott F. Lane, Esq., and Jayna M. Rust, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for the protester. Roshan D. Shah, Esq., Scarinci & Hollenbeck, LLC, for AASKI Technology, Inc., the intervenor. Jonathan A. Hardage, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Joshua R. Gillerman, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation and procurement law and regulations; protester is not an interested party to maintain remaining allegations. DECISION BANC3, Inc., of Princeton, New Jersey, protests the award of a contract to AASKI Technology, Inc., of Tinton Falls, New Jersey, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W5KGU-1 7-R-001 0, issued by the Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground, for technical support services. BANC3 challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on August 23, 2017, as a woman-owned small business set-aside, contemplated the award of a contract, for a 1-year base period and three 1-year option periods, to provide all personnel, supplies, and services necessary to perform research and development in support of the United States Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), Command Power and Integration (CP&I) Directorate. Agency Report (AR), Tab 4, RFP, Performance Work