Chronos Solutions, LLC

October 23, 2020

Bid protest that agency improperly awarded a sole-source contract is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably decided not to solicit a proposal from the protester, which was the incumbent contractor, and where the protester has not established that the agency’s award decision was otherwise improper.

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