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B-409486,B-409486.2 1 (2014-05-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqhl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Athena Sciences Corporation File: B-409486; B-409486.2 Date: May 14, 2014 Dan McCaugherty, Athena Sciences Corporation, for the protester. Carol L. O'Riordan, Esq., and Anthony J. Marchese, Esq., O'Riordan Bethel Law Firm, LLP, for TMC Technologies of West Virginia Corporation, the intervenor. Alexander T. Bakos, Esq., Victoria H. Kauffman, Esq., David S. Schuman, Esq., and Amber M. Hufft, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's and awardee's quotations, as well as the award decision, is denied where the agency's evaluation and award decision were reasonable and in accordance with the solicitation criteria. 2. Protest alleging agency bias is denied where protester does not support its allegations with convincing proof, and record does not otherwise reflect bias. DECISION Athena Sciences Corporation, of Fairmont, West Virginia, protests the issuance of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to TMC Technologies of West Virginia Corporation,1 also of Fairmont, West Virginia, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. NNG1 3459507Q for technical support services. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of the vendors' quotations and the source selection decision, and also alleges that agency officials were biased against Athena. 1 The record refers to this firm interchangeably as TMC, TMC2, and TMC2.

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