Alliance Networks, WLL (B-422995)

You should not care.

Category: Compliance, postaward discussions

Date: 31 December 2024

URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422995

Alliance Networks, WLL, protested DOD’s award of a telecommunications services contract to Qualitynet General Trading and Contracting Company. The protest challenged the Pentagon’s rejection of Alliance's quotation for failing to meet a mandatory equipment list requirement, arguing the evaluation was unreasonable and that the agency should have allowed Alliance to correct the omission. GAO upheld the rejection, noting that compliance was nonnegotiable due to security implications.

Alliance then contended the agency should have initiated discussions to allow for corrections, arguing DOD had allowed clarifications in similar procurements. GAO dismissed these arguments, reiterating the principle that each procurement stands independently.

Digest

Protest is denied where the agency’s evaluation of the protester’s quotation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.