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B-414371,B-414371.2 1 (2017-05-25)

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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 wassubjectto
Decision                                   a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                          D been approved for public release.


Matter of:   Knight Sky, LLC

File:        B-414371; B-414371.2

Date:        May 25, 2017

Terry L. Elling, Esq., and Elizabeth N. Jochum, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the
protester.
Colleen A. Eagan, Esq., and JoAnn Melesky, Esq., Defense Information Systems
Agency, for the agency.
Gabriel D. Soil, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester's quotation as technically
unacceptable is denied where the agency reasonably evaluated the quotation in
accordance with the solicitation's terms.
DECISION

Knight Sky, LLC, a small business of Frederick, Maryland, protests the issuance of a
task order to By Light Professional IT Services, Inc. (By Light), a service-disabled
veteran-owned small business concern of Arlington, Virginia, by the Defense
Information Systems Agency (DISA) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. CSS0064
for commercial satellite communication services and other support for the United States
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Deployable Tactical Operations System. Knight Sky
challenges the agency's evaluation of its technical quotation and alleges disparate
treatment with regard to an aspect of the technical evaluations.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

DISA issued the solicitation on December 9, 2016, to obtain satellite airtime services to
ensure various communication platforms are available to the Corps's Deployable
Tactical Operations System. RFQ, at 1; RFQ, Attachment 1, Performance Work
Statement (PWS), at 2. This system provides communications networks to support
initial emergency response missions. RFQ, Attachment 1, PWS, at 1. The RFQ was

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