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B-412097,B-412097.2 1 (2015-12-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrwo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE I The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approvedforpublic release. Matter of: Intelsat General Corporation File: B-412097; B-412097.2 Date: December 23, 2015 Andrew E. Shipley, Esq., Lee P. Curtis, Esq., Seth H. Locke, Esq., and William J. Bainbridge, Esq., Perkins Coie LLP, for the protester. Michael R. Charness, Esq., Jamie F. Tabb, Esq., Elizabeth Krabill McIntyre, Esq., and Tyler Robinson, Esq., Vinson & Elkins LLP, for Segovia, Inc., the intervenor. JoAnn W. Melesky, Esq., and Anthony J. Balestreri, Esq., Defense Information Systems Agency, for the agency. Stephanie B. Magnell, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest alleging that the agency engaged in misleading discussions is sustained where the record shows that the agency failed to inform the protester of a change in its interpretation of the solicitation requirements after the agency held discussions. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposal is sustained, where the record demonstrates that the evaluation was neither reasonable nor consistent with the terms of the solicitation regarding requirements for satellite coverage and capacity, and where the agency unreasonably concluded that the awardee had provided required documentation. 3. Protest challenging the agency's price realism analysis is sustained where the awardee's proposal did not meet the solicitation's technical requirements for required documentation and complete regional satellite coverage. DECISION Intelsat General Corporation, of McLean, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Segovia, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, doing business as Inmarsat Government,' by 1 In order to differentiate the similar corporate names, throughout this decision we have used Segovia to denote the awardee.

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