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B-413385 1 (2016-10-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsqx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washigton DC 0548DOCUMENT 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. Decision Matter of: Analytical Graphics, Inc. File: B-413385 Date: October 17, 2016 Seamus Curley, Esq., and Daniel J. Cook, Esq., DLA Piper LLP-US, and Kevin P. Mullen, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for the protester. Lt. Col. C. Taylor Smith, Christopher S. Cole, Esq., Maj. David Gilkes, Jason Templin, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the solicitation's minimum requirements are too low and do not reflect the agency's actual requirements is denied where the agency had a reasonable basis for the requirements. 2. Protest challenging the agency's decision to set aside the procurement for small businesses is denied where the agency had a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from at least two responsible small business concerns, and award would be made at a fair market price. 3. Protest challenging the issuance of the solicitation on a non-commercial item basis is dismissed where the protester, a large business, is not an interested party because the agency's commercial item determination did not affect the analysis of whether small businesses could perform the requirement. DECISION Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI), of Exton, Pennsylvania, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. FA2550-16-R-8002, which was issued by the Department of the Air Force for space situational awareness software and services. AGI argues that the solicitation does not reflect the agency's actual needs, is improperly set aside for small businesses, and improperly designates the procurement as non-commercial. We deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part.

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