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B-411986,B-411986.2 1 (2015-12-01)

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         G    A    O                                                   Comptroller General
      Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability                          of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548                                  DOCUM-ENTFOR-PUBLIC RELEASE

                                                    The decision issued on the date below was subject to
                                                    a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                                    been approved for public release.


         Matter of:   M7 Aerospace LLC

         File:     B-411986; B-411986.2

         Date:     December 1,2015

         Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Tara L. Ward, Esq., and Samantha S. Lee, Esq., Wiley Rein
         LLP, for the protester.
         J. Alex Ward, Esq., and Ethan E. Marsh, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, for PAE
         Aviation and Technical Services d/b/a Defense Support Services LLC, an
         intervenor.
         Amy N. Hanson, Esq., and Stephanie Quade, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the
         agency.
         Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Protest is sustained in a negotiated procurement for award on a best-value basis,
         which provided for a comparative, qualitative evaluation of proposals, where there is
         no evidence in the contemporaneous record showing that the agency performed a
         qualitative assessment of the merits of the offerors' differing approaches in
         connection with its source selection decision.
         DECISION

         M7 Aerospace LLC, of San Antonio, Texas, protests the award of a contract to PAE
         Aviation and Technical Services d/b/a Defense Support Services LLC (DS2) of
         Mariton, New Jersey, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N0001 9-13-R-0092,
         issued by the Department of the Navy for maintenance and logistics support
         services for the agency's fleet of F-5 Adversary aircraft. M7 argues that the agency
         misevaluated proposals and made an unreasonable source selection decision.

         We sustain the protest.

         BACKGROUND

         The RFP contemplates the award, on a best-value basis, of an indefinite-delivery,
         indefinite-quantity contract for a base year and four 1-year options to perform

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