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B-413765,B-413765.2 1 (2016-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsxy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S tate s G o v e rn m e n t A c c o u nta b ility O ff ice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: Global Science & Technology, Inc. File: B-413765; B-413765.2 Date: December 22, 2016 John E. Jensen, Esq., and Selena M. Brady, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester. James H. Roberts III, Esq., Van Scoyoc Roberts PLLC, for SGT, Inc., an intervenor. Florence N. Bridges, Esq., and Lauren Didiuk, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the agency. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging a weakness assessed to the protester's technical proposal is denied where the record shows the weakness reflected a reasonable concern regarding the protester's ability to meet a solicitation requirement for data that was the same or similar to what the agency currently receives, notwithstanding the protester's status as the incumbent. 2. Protest challenging the weight given to the past performance of the awardee's subcontractor is denied where the solicitation provided that subcontractor past performance would be weighted relative to the amount of effort the subcontractor would perform and where the record shows the evaluation was consistent with the amount of work the awardee's subcontractor was proposed to perform. DECISION Global Science & Technology, Inc., of Greenbelt, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to SGT, Inc., also of Greenbelt, Maryland, by the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under request for proposals (RFP) No. EA-133W-16-RP-4036 for observational weather data and related services. Global alleges that the agency's evaluation of proposals was flawed in various respects. We deny the protest.

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