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GAOU.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:   Bastion Technologies, Inc.

File:        B-418432

Date:        May 5, 2020

Barbara S. Kinosky, Esq., David R. Warner, Esq., Tyler J. Freiberger, Esq., and Heather
B. Mims, Esq., Centre Law and Consulting, LLC, for the protester.
Warnecke Miller, Esq., Alexander T. Bakos, Esq., and Cody Corley, Esq., National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency.
Christopher Alwood, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest of an agency's interpretation of a solicitation, after the agency disclosed its
interpretation of the solicitation's terms via written notice stating that it would not
evaluate part of the protester's proposal submission, is ripe for review but is denied
where the agency's interpretation of the solicitation is reasonable and the protester's
alternative interpretation is unreasonable.

2. Protest alleging errors in the evaluation of past performance is dismissed as
premature when brought during an ongoing evaluation, prior to award.
DECISION

Bastion Technologies, Inc. (Bastion), of Houston, Texas, protests the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) interpretation of the terms of request
for proposals (RFP) No. 80JSCO1 9R0023 for products and services in support of
human space flight programs. The protester challenges the agency's interpretation of
the solicitation's past performance submission requirements and the agency's decision
not to consider Bastion's submitted past performance information forms (PPIFs).

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

NASA issued the RFP on November 1, 2019, seeking proposals to provide products
and services to support technical integration activities and necessary infrastructure

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