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B-413389.3,B-413389.4 1 (2017-07-20)

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GAO 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
                                            a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
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Matter of: Jacobs Technology, Inc.

File:       B-413389.3; B-413389.4

Date:       July 20, 2017

Brian P. Waagner, Esq., Hal J. Perloff, Esq., Steven A. Neeley, Jr., Esq., Michelle L.
Caton, Esq., and Charles M. Fleischmann, Esq., Husch Blackwell LLP, for the protester.
Amy Laderberg O'Sullivan, Esq., Olivia L. Lynch, Esq., Sarah A. Hill, Esq., and Monica
Rose Sterling, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for AS and D, LLC, an intervenor.
Major George M. Ebert, Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., and Martin C. O'Brien, Esq.,
Department of the Air Force, for the agency.
Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of technical proposals, in the area of a
hypothetical scenario, is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent
with the stated evaluation criteria and adequately documented.
DECISION

Jacobs Technology, Inc. (JTI), of Tullahoma, Tennessee, protests the award of a
contract to AS and D, LLC (AS&D), of Beltsville, Maryland, under request for proposals
(RFP) No. FA9300-15-R-0001, issued by the Department of the Air Force for aerospace
systems technical research and operations services (ASTROS), at Edwards Air Force
Base, California. JTI argues that the agency's evaluation of proposals and the resulting
contract award decision were improper.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The Air Force Research Laboratory, Aerospace Systems Directorate (AFRL/RQ-West),
performs research and development of rocket propulsion, space systems and their
components, including next generation rocket propulsion technologies. Agency Report
(AR), Tab 3, RFP, Performance Work Statement (PWS) § 1.0. AFLR/RQ-West plans,
formulates, and conducts research, exploratory, and advanced development programs

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