Updated July 1, 2025
DIGEST
1. Protest challenging the awardee’s eligibility for award is dismissed where the protester’s contentions that the awardee failed to comply with solicitation requirements lack a valid basis of protest.
2. Protest that the evaluation of proposals was inconsistent with oral instructions received from the contracting officer’s representative prior to the proposal submission date is dismissed as untimely where the ambiguity was evident on the face of the solicitation but was not challenged by the protester prior to the solicitation closing date.
DECISION
ESC., Inc., a women-owned small business (WOSB) located in Arlington, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Native American Technology Corporation, a WOSB located in Leesburg, Virginia, under fair opportunity proposal request (FOPR) No. FA7014-25-R-0006, issued by the Department of the Air Force, for joint training, exercise, and evaluation program services. The protester argues that the awardee is ineligible for award and that the agency’s evaluation was inconsistent with oral instructions provided to ESC.
We dismiss the protest.
Protester: ESC, Inc.
Solicitation Number: FA701425R0006
Agency: Department of the Air Force
File number: B-423406.2
Outcome: Dismissed
Decision Date: Jun 30, 2025
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