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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:   APT Research, Inc.

         File:        B-409780

         Date:        August 8, 2014

         JJ. Dale Gipson, Esq., Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne PC, for the protester.
         John McCarthy, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., and Olivia L. Lynch, Esq., Crowell &
         Moring LLP, for a.i. solutions, Inc., the intervenor.
         Scott N. Flesch, Esq., and CPT Tyler L. Davidson, Department of the Army, for the
         agency.
         Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's past performance
         is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and
         consistent with the past performance evaluation criteria.

         2. Protest challenging the agency's cost-realism evaluation is denied where the
         record shows that the agency reasonably considered the awardee's proposed
         costs.

         3. Protest alleging that the agency conducted an unequal technical evaluation is
         denied where the record shows that the agency evaluated the offerors' proposals in
         an equal manner.
         DECISION

         APT Research, Inc., of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the issuance of a task order to
         a.i. solutions, Inc., of Lanham, Maryland, under request for task order proposals
         (RTOP) No. QS-02-13, issued by the Department of Defense, Missile Defense
         Agency (MDA), for advisory and assistance services.' The protester asserts that

         1 The value of this task order is in excess of $10 million. Accordingly, this
         procurement is within our jurisdiction to hear protests related to the issuance of task
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