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B-419459 Mar 12, 2021 1 (2021-03-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaolkk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O 0 U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Decision The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: A-P-T Research, Inc. File: B-419459 Date: March 12, 2021 J. Dale Gipson, Esq., Jon Levin, Esq., and Michael Rich, Esq., Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC, for the protester. Daniel R. Forman, Esq., and James G. Peyster, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for ARES Technical Services Corporation, the intervenor. Zachary Jacobson, Esq., Carlos Pedraza, Esq., Andrew J. Smith, Esq., and Stephen Hernandez, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging evaluation of protester's proposal as unacceptable under a technical subfactor for failing to provide a bilateral employment agreement for its proposed program manager is denied where the record reflects that, even had the protester received an acceptable rating under the subfactor, the protester's proposal would not have been selected for award, and therefore, the protester cannot demonstrate competitive prejudice. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of technical proposals is denied where the record reflects that the agency reasonably evaluated the proposals in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. 3. Protest challenging agency's cost realism analysis and evaluation of professional employee compensation plans is denied where the record demonstrates that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and the requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulation provision 52.222-46. DECISION A-P-T Research, Inc., a small business of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the award of a contract to ARES Technical Services Corporation, of Burlingame, California, also a small business, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HQ0858-20-R-0003, issued by the Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency (MDA), for technical, engineering, advisory and management support (TEAMS) safety support services. APT challenges