Updated December 12, 2025
The GAO Decision has now been posted for this protest. See details below.
DIGEST
1. Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of technical proposals and past performance is denied where the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation’s evaluation criteria.
2. Protest challenging awardee’s pricing as unreasonable and materially lower-priced is denied where the solicitation did not provide for a price realism evaluation.
3. Protest that awardee’s proposal contained an impermissible “bait and switch” of its key personnel or, alternatively, that the awardee failed to disclose subsequent proposed key personnel availability before contract award is denied where there is no evidence that the awardee’s key personnel are unavailable to perform or that the awardee had actual knowledge of any alleged unavailability.
DECISION
The Spectrum Group Members, LLC, a small business of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to FedWriters, Inc., a small business of Fairfax, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HQ003425R0047, issued by the Department of Defense (DOD), Washington Headquarters Services, for training, assistance, and assessment services. The protester challenges various aspects of the agency’s evaluation of proposals and source selection decision, including the agency’s evaluation of key personnel and the sufficiency of the agency’s price evaluation.
We deny the protest.
Protester: The Spectrum Group Members, LLC
Solicitation Number: HQ0034-25-R-0047
Agency: Department of Defense : Washington Headquarters Services
File number: B-423756.1
Outcome: Denied
Decision Date: Dec 4, 2025
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