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B-403516,B-403516.2 1 (2010-11-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbop0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: U.S. Electrodynamics, Inc. File: B-403516; B-403516.2 Date: November 12, 2010 J. Randolph MacPherson, Esq., and Rebecca Bailey Jacobsen, Esq., Halloran & Sage LLP, for the protester. JoAnn Melesky, Esq., Defense Information Systems Agency, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging consolidation of requirements for global satellite service, previously provided under separate contracts and task orders, as improper bundling under the Small Business Act and the Competition in Contracting Act is denied where the agency reasonably determined that consolidation would result in measurably substantial benefits to the government. DECISION U.S. Electrodynamics, Inc., of Brewster, Washington, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. HC1013-10-R-2010, issued by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for global satellite services for transmission of American Forces Radio and Television Services (AFRTS). The protester contends that the RFP improperly bundles a number of requirements in violation of the Small Business Act and the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (CICA). We deny the protest. BACKGROUND AFRTS provides television and radio programming worldwide to American service members, their families, and civilians assigned overseas; embassies; and military personnel serving on naval ships. See RFP, Performance Work Statement (PWS), at 1. The RFP, which was issued on July 9, 2010, provides for the award of a single fixed-price contract for a base year and 6 option years for an integrated telecommunications network to support AFRTS. The contractor will provide end-to-end video, audio, and data transmission satellite services, including, among

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