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B-406982,B-406982.2,B-406982.3 1 (2012-10-12)

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         G    A    O                                                   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.
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         Matter of:   Technology Advancement Group, Inc.

         File:        B-406982; B-406982.2; B-406982.3

         Date:        October 12, 2012

         William A. Shook, Esq., for the protester.
         J. Randolph MacPherson, Esq., and Rebecca B. Jacobsen, Esq., Halloran & Sage
         LLP, for Trimble Navigation Limited, an intervenor.
         Maj. Michael C. Evans, United States Marine Corps, for the agency.
         Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         1. Protest of an agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposed fixed prices is
         denied where the evaluation was reasonable and in accord with the solicitation's
         evaluation criteria.

         2. Protest that awardee's price proposal was unbalanced is denied where the
         agency reasonably determined that the awardee's pricing was not unbalanced and
         did not, in any event, pose unacceptable risk to the government.
         DECISION

         Technology Advancement Group, Inc. (TAG), of Dulles, Virginia, protests the award
         of a contract to Trimble Federal Navigations Solutions Group, of Dayton, Ohio,
         under request for proposals (RFP) No. M67854-12-R-6001, issued by the United
         States Marine Corps for 20 Global Positioning System-Survey (GPS-S) systems.

         We deny the protest.

         BACKGROUND

         The RFP provided for the award of a fixed-price contract for 20 GPS-S systems and
         associated support, such as logistics and maintenance, repair and/or replacement
         of the systems, and spare parts. These systems are to replace older GPS-S

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