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B-421002.2,B-421002.3,B-421002.4 May 08, 2023 1 (2023-05-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaoorc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 for public release. Matter of: Amaze Technologies, LLC File: B-421002.2; B-421002.3; B-421002.4 Date: May 8, 2023 W. Brad English, Esq., Jon D. Levin, Esq., Emily J. Chancey, Esq., and Nicholas P. Greer, Esq., Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., for the protester. Robert K. Tompkins, Esq., Hillary J. Freund, Esq., Kelsey M. Hayes, Esq., and Richard Ariel, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for STS Systems Support, LLC, the intervenor. Major Ashley M. Ruhe, Colonel Frank Yoon, Lieutenant Colonel Keric Clanahan, and Kent H. Grubb, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably determined that protester's proposed compensation for professional employees was unrealistic based on a comparison of protester's proposed wage rates to the agency's market research regarding rates for similar services. 2. Agency reasonably determined that awardee's price was reasonable based on a comparison of awardee's proposed price to market prices for similar services. DECISION Amaze Technologies, LLC, of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the Department of the Air Force's issuance of a task order to STS Systems Support, LLC, of San Antonio, Texas, pursuant to fair opportunity proposal request (FOPR) No. FA877321 R8002,1 to provide information technology (IT) support services for the agency's cyber defense operations. Agency Report (AR), Tab 5, Initial FOPR at 1.2 Amaze challenges the agency's: determination that Amaze's proposed compensation for professional personnel was 1 The protest inaccurately identifies the solicitation number as FA877321 R0008. Protest at 1. 2 Page number citations in this decision refer to the Adobe PDF page numbers in the documents submitted.

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