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B-417298.3,B-417298.4 1 (2019-09-26)

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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 was subject to
Decision                                  a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                          been approved for public release.


Matter of:   Excellus Solutions, Inc.

File:        B-417298.3; B-417298.4

Date:       September 26, 2019

Daniel J. Strouse, Esq., and John J. O'Brien, Esq., Cordatis Law LLP, for the protester.
Colonel Patricia S. Wiegman-Lenz, C. Taylor Smith, Esq., Christopher M. Judge, Esq.,
and Kristina M. Burris, Esq., Department of the Air Force; and John W. Klein, Esq., and
Sam Q. Le, Esq., United States Small Business Administration, for the agencies.
Young H. Cho, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging agency's determination that protester's proposal was technically
unacceptable under a task order competition is denied where the record shows that the
agency reasonably evaluated protester's technical proposal.
DECISION

Excellus Solutions, Inc., of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to
Datum Software, Inc., of Johns Creek, Georgia, under fair opportunity proposal request
(FOPR) No. FA8770-18-R-0003, issued by the Department of the Air Force, for subject
matter expert (SME) support services for the Air Force life cycle management center
logistics readiness branch and logistics maintenance branch systems and program
management offices. The protester challenges the agency's assessment of deficiencies
rendering its proposal unacceptable under the technical factor.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The FOPR was issued on June 5, 2018, under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
subpart 16.5, to holders of the agency's Network-Centric Solutions-2 (NETCENTS-2)
application services small business indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ)

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