Summary

HydroGeoLogic, Inc. (HGL) protests the failure of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to select it as the highest-ranked firm, with whom the EPA would then negotiate an architect-engineer (A-E) contract for professional services to support remedial planning and oversight activities in EPA's Region 9. HGL alleges that the agency's evaluation of its submission under certain factors was unreasonable; the agency failed to conduct adequate discussions and unreasonably evaluated the firm's submission based on the discussions that it did hold; and the most highly-ranked firm was ineligible for award because information contained in its submission indicated that it is incapable of complying with the subcontracting limitation.

We deny the protest.