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B-421603,B-421603.2,B-421603.3 Jul 17, 2023 1 (2023-07-17)

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                    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:   Amentum  Services, Inc.

File:     B-421603; B-421603.2; B-421603.3

Date:        July 17, 2023

Scott M. McCaleb, Esq., Jon W. Burd, Esq., Sarah B. Hansen, Esq., and Teresita A.
Regelbrugge, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester.
J. Alex Ward, Esq., W. Jay DeVecchio, Esq., James A. Tucker, Esq., Lyle F.
Hedgecock,  Esq., and Markus G. Speidel, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for Vertex
Aerospace  LLC, the intervenor.
Andre E. Long, Esq., and Jenniffer Pineda, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the
agency.
Christopher Alwood, Esq., and Alexander O. Levine, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of offerors' past performance is denied
where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation
criteria.

2. Protest challenging cost realism analysis is denied where agency analyzed all major
cost elements and relied on recommendations by the Defense Contract Audit Agency to
reasonably determine whether proposed costs were realistic for the work to be
performed.

3. Protest alleging misleading discussions is denied where, notwithstanding apparent
errors, the protester failed to demonstrate competitive prejudice.
DECISION

Amentum   Services, Inc., of Chantilly, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to
Vertex Aerospace LLC, of Madison, Missouri, under fair opportunity submission request
(FOSR)  No. N6893622FOSRNTWP, issued by the Department of the Navy,   Naval Test
Wing  Pacific (NTWP), for aircraft maintenance, modification, and logistics support
services at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California and Naval Air Weapons Station
China Lake, California. The protester challenges various aspects of the agency's
evaluation of proposals and source selection decision.

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