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B-416027,B-416027.2 1 (2018-05-22)

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G&O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                    Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                              of the United States
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                                              DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                           The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                    a GAO Protective Order. This version has been
                                            approved  for  public  release.-----------------------------


Matter of:   Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

File:        B-416027; B-416027.2

Date:        May 22, 2018

Marcia G. Madsen, Esq., David F. Dowd, Esq., Luke Levasseur, Esq., and Roger
Abbott, Esq., Mayer Brown LLP; and Maryann P. Surrick, Esq., and Heather A. Bloom,
Esq., Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the protester.
Erika L. Whelan Retta, Esq., Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Michelle D. Coleman, Esq.,
Aaron Tucker, Esq., Michael D. Carson, Esq., Briana L. White, Esq., Major George M.
Ebert, Department of the Air Force, for the agency.
Michael Willems, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest of agency's interpretation of solicitation, following an agency-level protest
during discussions, is denied where the agency's interpretation of the solicitation is
reasonable and the protester's alternative interpretation is unreasonable.

2. Protest of agency's interpretation of solicitation is dismissed as untimely where the
agency advised all parties of that interpretation prior to the time for receipt of proposals,
and the protest was filed after that time.

3. Protest alleging evaluation errors and unequal treatment is dismissed as premature
when brought during discussions prior to award.
DECISION

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky), of Stratford, Connecticut, protests the agency's
interpretation of the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8629-17-R-2507 issued
by the Department of the Air Force for a helicopter to replace the UH-1 N helicopter.
The protester objects to a number of positions taken by the agency during discussions
and additionally alleges that the agency is treating offerors unequally.


We deny the protest in part, and dismiss it in part.

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