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B-422365,B-422365.2,B-422365.3 May 28, 2024 1 (2024-05-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqfa0001 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 Decision Matter of: ARiA File: B-422365; B-422365.2; B-422365.3 Date: May 28, 2024 Jason E. Summers for the protester. Wade L. Brown, Esq., and Peggy L. Gieseking, Esq., Department of the Army, and Meagan K. Guerzon, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. April Y. Shields, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Request that protest be dismissed as outside the Government Accountability Office's jurisdiction is denied where successful participation in the initial phases of a three-phase competition was not merely to result in cash prizes, but was also to serve as a prerequisite to compete for a small business innovation research direct to phase II contract award. 2. Protest challenging the aforementioned competition is dismissed where the various allegations are founded on an untimely challenge to the terms of the competition announcement and where the various additional allegations fail to establish a valid basis of protest. DECISION ARiA, a small business of Madison, Virginia, protests the Department of the Army's decision not to select its concept white paper pursuant to the Army's xTechScalable Artificial Intelligence (Al) Competition Announcement for technology solutions. The competition announcement provided for three rounds of competition that ultimately may result in a small business innovation research (SBIR) direct to phase II contract award. The protester raises various challenges to the first round of competition. We dismiss the protests.