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B-411970.9,B-411970.10,B-411970.11 1 (2016-12-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsxb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S ta te s G o v e rn m e n t A c c o u n ta b ility O ff ic e ..-------------------------------------------------------------------------............................................ Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR 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. Decision ...................................................................................................................... Matter of: Smartronix, Inc.; ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc. File: B-411970.9; B-411970.10; B-411970.11 Date: December 9, 2016 James H. Roberts III, Esq., Van Scoyoc Roberts PLLC, for Smartronix, Inc.; Stuart B. Nibley, Esq., Amy M. Conant, Esq., Andrew N. Cook, Esq., Christopher H. Bell, Esq., and Erica L. Bakies, Esq., for ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc., the protesters. Robert J. Symon, Esq., Aron C. Beezley, Esq., Jennifer F. Brinkley, Esq., and Lisa A. Markman, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for Jacobs Technology Inc., the intervenor. Jaron E. Chriss, General Services Administration, for the agency. Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's cost realism evaluation is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and adequately documented, or, even assuming an error in the methodology used to evaluate the realism of vendors' proposed direct labor rates, the protester has failed to demonstrate competitive prejudice. 2. Protests challenging the agency's best-value tradeoff selecting a lower technically-rated, lower-priced quotation are denied where the decision was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Smartronix, Inc., of Hollywood, Maryland, and ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc., of Herndon, Virginia, protest the issuance of a task order to Jacobs Technology Inc., of Tullahoma, Tennessee, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. ID04150017, which was issued under the General Services Administration (GSA) Alliant Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), for the provision of technical support services to the Air Force's Air Combat Command,

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