Protester’s Proposed Technical Approach Ignored Clear Solicitation Instructions, Agency’s Needs; GAO B-413714, M.A. Mortenson Company

Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of the protester’s proposed personnel is denied, where the protester’s proposed key personnel did not demonstrate the relevant experience sought by the agency, and the agency’s evaluation of this experience did not amount to an unstated evaluation criteria; and protest challenging a significant weakness assigned to the protester’s technical proposal is denied, where the protester ignored instructions in the solicitation and proposed an approach contrary to the agency’s stated needs; and protest challenging the agency’s conduct of discussions is denied, where the agency could reasonably assume an experience construction contractor understood the difference between occupied facilities and constrained sites, and where the protester replaced proposed personnel and updated its proposed approach, demonstrating its understanding of these terms even though the agency did not specifically define them in the solicitation.