Updated September 8, 2025
DIGEST
Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of the protester’s proposed small business participation is denied where the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION
Resource Management Concepts Inc., of Lexington Park, Maryland, protests its elimination from the competition under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00253-24-R-3000, issued by the Department of the Navy, for information technology support services for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Keyport, Washington. The protester challenges the agency’s evaluation of Resource Management’s proposal with respect to whether the firm met the solicitation’s small business participation requirement.
We deny the protest.
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Updated September 2, 2025
The last open protest has now been denied. See more below.
Updated August 11, 2025
DIGEST
1. Protester who is not an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract holder is an interested party to protest where a company affiliated with the protester holds a contract and the terms of the contract specifically permit the submission of a proposal through the contract of an affiliated company.
2. Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of the protester’s small business participation is denied where the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION
Network and Simulation Technologies, Inc. (Netsimco), of Middletown, Rhode Island, protests its elimination from the competition under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00253-24-R-3000, issued by the Department of the Navy, for information technology support services at Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Keyport, Washington. The protester challenges the agency’s evaluation of Netsimco’s proposal with respect to whether the firm met the solicitation’s small business participation requirement.
We deny the protest.
Solicitation Number: N00253-24-R-3000
Agency: Department of the Navy : Naval Sea Systems Command
Protester:Resource Management Concepts, Inc.
File number: B-423503.2
Outcome: Denied
Decision Date: September 2, 2025
Protester: Network and Simulation Technologies, Inc.
File number: B-423503.1
Outcome: Denied
Decision Date: Aug 5, 2025
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The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport, WA (NUWC Keyport) In-Service Engineering (ISE) Department provides life-cycle support for a broad range of tactical and non-tactical systems. The contractor shall:
- Deliver non-personal, professional IT support services to NUWCDIVKPT
- Provide engineering and technical assistance—including functional enhancements and implementation support—for these and similar systems
- Aircraft Carrier Tactical Support Center (CV-TSC)
- Advanced Skills Management (ASM)
- Countermeasures Set Acoustic (CSA) and Tactical Decision Aid (TacDA)
- Obsolescence Management Information System (OMIS)
- NOSIS/Ship to Shore Data Exchange (S2DE)
- Range Systems and Fleet Training Technology
- Fleet Test and Training Targets
- Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) Operations, Training, and Test Infrastructure
- Emergent Test and Fleet Training Infrastructure
- Weapon Systems Information Technology (WSIT)
- Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR)
- Cyber Security Engineering
