Jacobs Technology Unable to Stop InDyne’s Proving Ground Award

InDyne Inc. can move forward with a $152.9 million contract to support the US Army’s electronic proving ground at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., the GAO said in a decision released Friday.

Protester Jacobs Technology Inc. failed to show that the Army unreasonably assigned its bid weaknesses in the technical evaluation, the Government Accountability Office said.

For example, Jacobs said it shouldn’t have received a weakness under the staffing approach and structure subfactor.

But the Army reasonably assigned the weakness for Jacobs’ plan to reduce several positions from higher level, more experienced professionals to lower level, less experienced professionals, the GAO said. ...