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B-412036.4 1 (2017-01-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtha0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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. This redacted version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: TA Services of South Carolina, LLC File: B-412036.4 Date: January 31, 2017 Richard B. O'Keeffe Jr., Esq., Samantha S. Lee, Esq., and William A. Roberts, III, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Robert S. Gardner, Esq., Laura A. Gardner, Esq., Celeste R. Gamache, Esq., and Angeline R. Burke, Esq., Robert S. Gardner Law Office, for Valdez International Corp., the intervenor. Maj. David S. Gilkes, Libbi Finelsen, Esq., and Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Frank Maguire, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's best-value award decision was proper where the solicitation provided for a competitive source selection decision and permitted the agency to elect to trade present/past performance for price. DECISION TA Services of South Carolina, LLC (TAS),1 of Charleston, South Carolina, protests the award of a contract to Valdez International Corporation (Valdez), of Colorado Springs, Colorado, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8773-15-R-8007, issued by the Department of the Air Force for Integrated Air Force Network Operations Services (IAFNOS). The protester asserts that the Air Force unreasonably evaluated its past performance and made an unreasonable best- value tradeoff decision. 1 TAS is an 8(a) Joint Venture formed pursuant to a Small Business Administration (SBA) approved Mentor-Prot6g6 Agreement between Technica LLC, a woman- owned small business (WOSB), and AECOM, a large business. Protest at 2.

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