GAO Declines to Extend “Too Close At Hand” Rule to Consideration of Proposed Personnel; GAO B-416158, Chenega Healthcare Services LLC

Protest challenging the agency’s rejection of a proposal as technically unacceptable is denied, where the agency was not required to consider a proposed substitute key person, even though it had previously approved the individual for placement on the incumbent contract, and where GAO declined to extend its “too close at hand” rule to an issue regarding the technical evaluation.