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B-413317,B-413317.2 1 (2016-10-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsrg0001 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 Decision The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approvedforpublic release. Matter of: Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. File: B-413317; B-413317.2 Date: October 5, 2016 J. Alex Ward, Esq., Rachel K. Plymale, Esq., Daniel E. Chudd, Esq., Ethan E. Marsh, Esq., and Richard Vacura, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for the protester. Terry L. Elling, Esq., Elizabeth N. Jochum, Esq., Richard 0. Duvall, Esq., and Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the intervenor. Erika Whelan Retta, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Stephanie B. Magnell, Esq., Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest is denied where the record shows that the agency had a reasonable basis to conclude that the protester's proposal was technically unacceptable. 2. Protest that the agency engaged in misleading discussions is denied where the agency led the protester to the area of concern multiple times. 3. Protest that the agency failed to consider the effect of the sale of the awardee on its performance of the contract is denied, where the record shows that both the sale, and the awardee's notification to the agency of the sale, occurred prior to the submission of final proposals. DECISION Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. (Honeywell), of Columbia, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to L-3 National Security Solutions, Inc. (L-3 NSS), of Reston, Virginia, by the Department of the Air Force, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8823-13-R-0009, for operations, maintenance, modification and testing services for the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN). The protester alleges that the agency's improper technical evaluation resulted in a flawed conclusion that the protester's proposal was technically unacceptable. Honeywell also alleges that the Air Force failed to consider the effect of the sale of L-3 NSS on its ability to perform the contract.

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