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S 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 and contained classified
information. This redacted version has been approved
Decision for public release. Redactions marked as [DELETED]
remove proprietary or source selection sensitive
information. Redactions obscured by black line
remove classified information per the contracting
Matter of: The Boeing Company agency.
File: B-412441
Date: February 16, 2016
Scott M. McCaleb, Esq., Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Jon W. Burd, Esq., Moshe B. Broder,
Esq., and Nicole J. Owren-Wiest, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, and Lynda Guild Simpson,
Esq., Suzette W. Derrevere, Esq., and Mark W. Reardon, Esq., The Boeing
Company, for the protester.
David A. Churchill, Esq., Kevin C. Dwyer, Esq., Daniel E. Chudd, Esq., W. Jay
DeVecchio, Esq., Damien C. Specht, Esq., Kevin P. Mullen, Esq., J. Alex Ward,
Esq., and James A. Tucker, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, and Maureen Del Duca,
Esq., and William J. Colwell, Esq., Northrop Grumman Corporation, for the
intervenor.
Col. Robert J. Preston II, Lt. Col. Mark E. Allen, Jeffrey P. Hildebrant, Esq.,
Christine C. Piper, Esq., Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Maj. Michael G. King,
Maj. Darren S. Gilkes, Maj. Bertha A. Diaz, Richard B. Clifford, Esq., Jessica S.
Mailman, Esq., Steven M. Sollinger, Esq., Bryan 0. Ramos, Esq., and Maj. Matthew
G. Karas, Department of the Air Force, for the agency.
Eric M. Ransom, Esq., David Ashen, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of
the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest that the agency failed to give proper effect to the solicitation's technical
acceptability criteria is denied where the evaluation was consistent with the stated
criteria.
2. Protest that the agency improperly evaluated the awardee's proposal as
technically acceptable is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was
reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's terms.
3. Protest challenging the cost realism analysis is denied where the agency
performed an evaluation of major cost categories utilizing well established realism
methodologies and relevant historical cost information available to the agency.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadsqw0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)