Koniag Management Solutions, Inc. (B-423051; B-423051.2)

You should not care.

Category: Past performance, best value tradeoff

Date: 10 January 2025

URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423051%2Cb-423051.2

Koniag Management Solutions, Inc., protested the issuance of a task order to ASRC Federal Highland Technology under an RFQ by State Department for software development life cycle support services. Koniag challenged State’s evaluation of its past performance and the source selection decision, arguing that its past performance warranted a higher confidence rating and that the best value tradeoff analysis was flawed. GAO found the agency's evaluation reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's criteria.

The agency rated Koniag's past performance as "satisfactory confidence," citing incomplete alignment with the solicitation's size and scope requirements. GAO rejected claims of unequal treatment, concluding that the differences in evaluation stemmed from substantive distinctions in the offerors' submissions. The source selection decision was upheld as it relied on a reasonable and properly documented evaluation.

The protest was denied.

Digest

Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of the protester’s past performance is denied, where the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.