Second Protest Denial Decision Posted: US Navy NAVAIR IT Enterprise Engineering, Operations, and Hosting Support Services

Updated August 28, 2025

The second GAO Decision (C4CJV, LLC) has now been posted for this protest . See details below.

DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation and assignment of a deficiency to protester’s cost/price proposal is denied where the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation.

2. Protester is not an interested party to raise the remaining allegations under the technical and past performance factors where the agency reasonably assigned a deficiency to protester’s cost/price proposal.

C4CJV, LLC, a small business of Burke, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to PCG-SMX JV, LLC, a small business of Lexington Park, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N0042124R0009, issued by the Department of the Navy for information technology (IT) enterprise engineering, operations, and hosting support services. The protester asserts that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester’s proposal, resulting in a flawed source selection decision.

We deny the protest.

Read the full decision here.

Updated August 15, 2025

DIGEST

1. Allegation that agency unreasonably evaluated protester’s technical proposal is denied where the evaluation was consistent with the solicitation and procurement law and regulation.

2. Allegation that offerors did not compete on an equal basis is denied where the record demonstrates that the protester’s proposal was evaluated against the announced evaluation criteria and not compared to the current Navy architecture, which was known only to the incumbent awardee.

Chenega Agile Real-Time Solutions, LLC (CARS), of Lorton, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to PCG-SMX JV, LLC, of Lexington Park, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N0042124R0009, issued by the Department of the Navy for information technology (IT) enterprise engineering, operations, and hosting support services (EEOHSS). CARS asserts that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester’s technical proposal and that offerors competed on an unequal basis.

We deny the protest.

See the full report here.

Solicitation Number: N0042124R0009
Agency: Department of the Navy : Naval Air Systems Command

Protester: C4CJV, LLC
File number: B-423512.2
Outcome: Denied
Decision Date: July 31, 2025

Protester: Chenega Agile Real-Time Solutions, LLC
File number: B-423512.1
Outcome: Denied
Decision Date: July 31, 2025

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