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B-414285 1 (2017-04-24)

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G     A     O      U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                 Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States
                                               DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                             The decision issued on the date below was subject to
                                             a GAO Protective Order. This version has been
            Decisionapproved for public release.
D e  c is io n                              ................................... .............................................................



Matter of:  Dalpar Corporation

File:       B-414285

Date:       April 24, 2017

Robert A. Goodwin III, Esq., Keefe, Anchors & Gordon, PA, for the protester.
Joseph A. Whitcomb, Esq., Whitcomb, Selinsky, McAuliffe, PC, for the intervenor.
Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Heather M. Mandelkehr, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for
the agency.
Michael Willems, Esq., Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of awardee's proposed professional
compensation plan is denied where the record shows that the plan was not unrealistic
for the work proposed.

2. Allegation that agency failed to consider fringe rates as part of professional
compensation analysis is denied where the protester was not prejudiced by the alleged
failure.
DECISION

Dalpar Corporation, a small business of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, challenges the
award of a contract to Telum Corporation, a small business of Southern Pines, North
Carolina, under solicitation No. FA0021-16-R-0040 issued by the Department of the Air
Force for tactical air traffic control training services. Dalpar contends that the agency's
professional compensation and price realism analyses were unreasonable.

We deny the protest

BACKGROUND

On September 23, 2016, the Air Force issued request for proposals (RFP) No.
FA0021-16-R-0040 for air traffic control training services for Air Force Special
Operations Command units. Contracting Officer's Statement of Facts (CO's
Statement) at 2. The competition was set aside in its entirety for socially and

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