Protest Spotlight

(This regular feature highlights protests decided by the Government Accountability Office.)

Agency: Army

Awardee: Information Management Group

Protester: Invertix Corp.

What GAO found: Invertix protested the Army's task order award to Invertix for operation and maintenance of the TROJAN information technology network, arguing IMG engaged in a "bait and switch" by proposing personnel it did not plan to use on the contract. Invertix also contested the evaluation of proposals.

The GAO rejected the protest, writing that "none of Invertix’s challenges to the evaluation furnish a basis to question IMG’s superiority under the technical/management factor, where its proposal received an overall rating of good versus Invertix’s rating of marginal. Since IMG also offered a lower price and, as defined by the solicitation, the same acceptable past performance rating as Invertix, the selection of IMG’s proposal clearly was reasonable."

The decision: http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/671493.pdf