Improper Evaluation of Competitor’s Proposal Deprived Protester of Place in Later Phase of Evaluation; GAO B-417135, VariQ Corporation; Octo Consulting Group Inc.

Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of key personnel in Step 1 of a two-step evaluation is sustained, where the agency unreasonably concluded that a proposed key person’s resume met the solicitation’s minimum qualifications based solely on the evaluators’ familiarity with various job titles, without supporting details in the resume or the quotation, or personal knowledge of the individual’s work experience.