Exceeding 23 Percent Small Business Participation Goal Not Enough to Warrant Strength when Offerors Must Self-Perform 50 Percent; GAO B-415136.3, Mission Services Inc.

Protest challenging multiple aspects of the agency’s technical evaluation is dismissed in part, where a patent ambiguity in the solicitation created by the inclusion of both the 50 percent limitation on subcontracting and a 23 percent minimum small business subcontracting requirement should have been challenged prior to the deadline for proposals.