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B-421148 Nov 22, 2022 1 (2022-11-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaonxy0001 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
Decision
Matter of: Acoustic Technology, Inc.
File:     B-421148
Date:     November 22, 2022
Antonio P. Cracchiolo and Tarek Bassiouni, for the protester.
Nicholas T. Iliff, Esq., and Erika Whelan Retta, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for
the agency.
Nathaniel S. Canfield, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging evaluation of protester's proposal as technically unacceptable is
denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms
of the solicitation.
DECISION
Acoustic Technology, Inc., doing business as ATI Systems (ATI), a small business of
Boston, Massachusetts, protests the award of a contract to EWING Engineered
Solutions, of Allen, Texas, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA670322R0003,
which was issued by the Department of the Air Force for the upgrade of a Giant Voice
(GV) alert system at Dobbins Air Reserve Base (ARB) in Marietta, Georgia. The
protester challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals and resulting award decision.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The agency issued the RFP as a combined synopsis/solicitation pursuant to Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 and 13 on July 18, 2022, and subsequently
amended it three times. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 2, 4.1 The RFP
sought proposals to engineer, design, furnish, install, and test a turnkey GV system
1 Citations to the record are to the numbered pages provided by the agency in its report,
unless otherwise noted.

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