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B-414287,B-414287.2,B-414287.3 1 (2017-04-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtiw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States ....................................................................................................................... DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Gichner Systems Group, Inc. File: B-414287; B-414287.2; B-414287.3 Date: April 27, 2017 James D. Puckett, Esq., Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc.; and Rebecca E. Pearson, Esq., J. Scott Hommer, Esq., Christopher G. Griesedieck, Esq., and Miranda S. Riemer, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. John E. McCarthy Jr., Esq., David C. Hammond, Esq., Robert J. Sneckenberg, Esq., and Hart W. Wood, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for AAR Mobility Systems, the intervenor. Wade L. Brown, Esq., Debra J. Talley, Esq., and Russell W. Bottom, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Paula J. Haurilesko, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that a commercial shelter modified to agency specifications is no longer a commercial item is denied, where the shelter, as modified, is offered for sale to the public on the firm's website. 2. Protest that the agency improperly decided to award a sole-source contract is denied, where the agency reasonably determined that the protester could not have its product tested in time to meet the agency's fielding schedule. DECISION Gichner Systems Group, Inc.,1 of Dallastown, Pennsylvania, protests the decision of the Department of the Army to award a contract on a sole-source basis to AAR Mobility Systems (AAR),2 of Cadillac, Michigan, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. W9098S-17-T-0014 for shelters for the petroleum quality analysis system - enhanced (PQAS-E). Gichner challenges the Army's determination that AAR's shelter 1 Gichner is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc. 2 AAR Mobility Systems is a division of AAR Manufacturing, Inc.

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