Agency Reasonably Excluded Low-Rated Proposal from Competitive Range; COFC No. 18-1559C, KSC Boss Alliance LLC v. United States and PAE-SGT Partners LLC

Protest challenging the agency’s exclusion of a proposal from the competitive range is denied, where the protester’s proposal did not demonstrate its understanding of the requirements, and where the contracting officer reasonably concluded that the lack of strengths in the protester’s proposal, combined with its comparatively high price, rendered it unlikely to be seriously considered for award, even if its weaknesses could be addressed.