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ity * Integrity * Rellability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to
a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
been approved for public release.
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Decision
Matter of: Hawk Institute for Space Sciences
File: B-409624
Date: June 20, 2014
Frederick P. Hink, Esq., for the protester.
Richard J. McCarthy, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the
agency.
Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest of the evaluation of a protester's proposal is denied where the agency
reasonably found, consistent with the stated evaluation criteria, that the protester's
proposal was technically unacceptable.
DECISION
Hawk Institute for Space Sciences, of Pocomoke City, Maryland, protests the
rejection of its proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. NNK1 3ZLS004Q,
issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for launch
related services. Hawk challenges the evaluation of its proposal.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The RFP, issued on December 5, 2013 as a set-aside for small businesses under
the commercial acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Part 12, provided for the award of multiple indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity
contracts for services related to the launch of pico-, nano-, and micro-satellites into
earth orbit.1 A detailed statement of work (SOW) was provided that described the
1 These type of satellites, known as CubeSats, are miniaturized space research
satellite[s] that typically [use] commercial, off-the-shelf electronic components.
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