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B-414478 1 (2017-06-26)

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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                 Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States




Decision


Matter of: Chenega Federal Systems, LLC

File:       B-414478

Date:       June 26, 2017

Kenneth A. Martin, Esq., The Martin Law Firm, PLLC, for the protester.
Captain Justin D. Haselden, and Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Department of the Air Force,
for the agency.
Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the agency's use of a lowest-priced, technically-acceptable
evaluation scheme is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably
exercised its judgment in establishing the solicitation's source selection methodology.

2. Protest challenging solicitation provisions as favoring the incumbent is denied where
there no evidence of preferential treatment or other improper action.
DECISION

Chenega Federal Systems, LLC, of Lorton, Virginia, protests the terms of request for
proposals (RFP) No. FA4890-16-R-0040, issued by the Department of the Air Force, to
provide the Air Force's 57th Wing aircrew training and courseware development. The
protester challenges the Air Force's use of a lowest-priced, technically-acceptable
(LPTA) evaluation scheme to obtain the required services, as well as a number of the
solicitation provisions that the protester contends were drafted in a manner that favors
the incumbent. Chenaga also challenges a number of solicitation provisions as vague
and undefined, and claims that this vagueness prevents offerors from competing on a
common basis.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The solicitation was issued on January 25, 2017, as a small business set-aside. The
RFP contemplates the award of a fixed-priced contract with separate line items for cost

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