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B-414929.2,B-414929.3 1 (2018-09-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvdl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved forpub reease............................................... Matter of: Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, LLC File: B-414929.2; B-414929.3 Date: September 28, 2018 Robert K. Tompkins, Esq., Mary Beth Bosco, Esq., Gordon N. Griffin, Esq., and Rodney M. Perry, Esq., Holland & Knight, LLP, for the protester. Michael F. Mason, Esq., Stacy M. Hadeka, Esq., Christine A. Reynolds, Esq., William T. Kirkwood, Esq., Thomas A. Pettit, Esq., and Brendan M. Lill, Esq., Hogan Lovells US LLP, for Tactical Air Support, Inc., the intervenor. Stacey H. Campbell, Esq., Robin Ray Coil, Esq., and Stephanie A. Polk, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest alleging that awardee's proposed aircraft cannot simultaneously meet various solicitation performance requirements is denied where solicitation did not require offerors meet all performance requirements under a single aircraft configuration. 2. Protest challenging agency's assessment that awardee's technical solution was low risk is denied where protest allegations are not supported by the record, and evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation. 3. Protest challenging agency's price realism analysis is denied where agency performed the evaluation contemplated by the solicitation when it identified an inconsistency in awardee's technical and price proposals, which was subsequently resolved through discussions. DECISION Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, LLC, (ATAC) of Newport News, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Tactical Air Support, Inc., (TacAir) of Reno, Nevada, pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. N00421-15-R-0099, which was issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), for adversary fighter services. ATAC primarily contends that the aircraft the awardee proposed for performance cannot meet various technical requirements. ATAC also challenges the

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