TRAX’s $449 Million Yuma Testing Award Survives Jacobs’ Protest

The Army reasonably selected TRAX International Corp. to perform a $449 million mission test support services contract for the Army at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, the Government Accountability Office said.

Jacobs Technology Inc., which submitted a $440 million bid, couldn’t show that the Army improperly evaluated proposals under the mission capability and past performance factors before selecting TRAX, the GAO said.

Jacobs also argued that paying a two percent cost premium with TRAX’s bid wasn’t justified, but the Army reasonably concluded that TRAX’s superior technical proposal would offer cost savings, and that Jacobs’ staffing approach increased the risk of ...