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B-417593 1 (2019-08-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeaae0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O 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: Austal USA, LLC File: B-417593 Date: August 28, 2019 Brian A. Darst, Esq., Odin Feldman Pittleman PC, for the protester. John W. Chierichella, Esq., Keith R. Szeliga, Esq., Katie Calogero, Esq., and Adam A. Bartolanzo, Esq., Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, for Huntington Ingalls, Inc., the intervenor. Rhonda L. Russ, Esq., and Mayank Dixit, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Kasia Dourney, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging an agency's assignment of moderate risk to protester's technical proposal for its intended use of subcontractors is denied where the solicitation provided that reliance on subcontractors would invite higher scrutiny in the evaluation process. 2. Protest challenging an agency's evaluation of an awardee's technical proposal as meriting low risk for its intended use of a wholly-owned subsidiary is denied where the solicitation did not provide that proposals would be downgraded for relying on a corporate affiliate in performing the contract, and the agency's conclusion was reasonable. DECISION Austal USA, LLC (Austal) of Mobile, Alabama, protests the award of a contract to Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (HII) under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00024-18-R-4313 issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command for planning yard support for littoral combat ships. Austal objects to the Navy's evaluation of its own and Hil's technical proposals. The protester also challenges the agency's evaluation of the awardee's cost proposal. We deny the protest.

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