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B-414762,B-414762.2 1 (2017-09-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtuz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.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: Olgoonik Global Security, LLC File: B-414762; B-414762.2 Date: September 8, 2017 Kenneth A. Martin, Esq., The Martin Law Firm, PLLC, and William K. Walker, Esq., Walker Reausaw, for the protester. W. Jay DeVecchio, Esq., Kevin P. Mullen, Esq., Ethan E. Marsh, Esq. James A. Tucker, Esq., and Sandeep N. Nandivada, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for the intervenor. Tudo N. Pham, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Young S. Lee, 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 best-value award decision is denied where the agency's decision was well-documented, reasonable, and in accordance with the solicitation's criteria. DECISION Olgoonik Global Security, LLC, (OGS) of Annandale, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, under Request for Proposals (RFP) No. SAQMMA16RO014, issued by the Department of State (DOS) for technology security services to support the agency's diplomatic missions abroad. The protester argues that the agency's best-value decision was flawed because the agency failed to perform the requisite tradeoff analysis and because DOS failed to recognize the benefits offered by OGS's proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On July 6, 2016, the agency issued the RFP on an unrestricted basis for protective technology services in furtherance of DOS diplomatic missions abroad. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFP, at 1, 6. The competition was conducted pursuant to the negotiated procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15. AR, Tab 20, RFP amend. 7, at 71, 73-74. The solicitation contemplated the award of a hybrid fixed-price

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