LOGMET LLC (B-423188.2)
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Category: Technical evaluation, IDIQ
Date: 10 June 2025
URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423188.2
LOGMET LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Austin, Texas, protested the award of IDIQ contracts by the Air Force to multiple competitors, including the Bionetics Corporation and Tyonek Technical Services, under RFP No. FA8224-24-R-0005. LOGMET challenged the agency's technical evaluation of its proposal, arguing that the evaluation was unreasonable and that its proposal adequately addressed the solicitation requirements.
Key issues raised included the assessment of deficiencies in LOGMET's proposal under the program management plan technical subfactor. GAO found that USAF reasonably rated the proposal as unacceptable because of a failure to provide a clear methodology and adequate responses to the specified requirements. Furthermore, LOGMET could not demonstrate competitive prejudice, because it was ranked thirteenth in the agency's best-value determination, and there were multiple offerors ranked above it without any ratings of unacceptable.
The protest was denied in part and dismissed in part, as GAO upheld the agency's evaluation and concluded that LOGMET's proposal did not meet the necessary standards.
Digest
- Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's proposal under the program management plan technical subfactor is denied where the agency reasonably determined the protester's proposal parroted solicitation language and did not otherwise address material solicitation requirements.
- Protester's remaining protest grounds are dismissed where the protester cannot demonstrate any alleged agency error resulted in competitive prejudice.
Tags: GAO protest, government contracting, technical evaluation, IDIQ, procurement law
Social media summary: LOGMET LLC's protest against the Air Force's award decision was denied, as GAO upheld the agency's technical evaluation of its proposal. Key takeaway: proposals must meet detailed solicitation requirements. #GovernmentContracting #GAOProtests
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