In a proposal to provide security services in Iraq, the government considered two offerors bids – Aegis and Offeror A - who received a “good” and “excellent” technical/management rating, respectively while the protester and Offerors B, C and D were rated as “marginal.”  After ruling the “marginal” ratings were reasonable, the GAO rejected the protest, concluding the protester was not an “interested party.”  To sustain the protest the GAO said the protester had to be an “interested party” – that is, be “in line for award” and since there was another technically acceptable proposal it was considering the protester would not be in line for the award.  The GAO denied the protest on the grounds the protester “lacks the direct economic interest necessary to pursue these challenges.”  (DynCorp International LLC, GAO B-294232).

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