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B-418769.2,B-418769.3 Feb 26, 2021 1 (2021-02-26)

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                   1Oo U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
                                A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work
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:   UltiSat, Inc.

File:     B-418769.2; B-418769.3

Date:     February   26, 2021

Alexander B. Ginsberg, Esq., Meghan D. Doherty, Esq., and Kevin R. Massoudi, Esq.,
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester.
Keith R. Szeliga, Esq., and Shaunna Bailey, Esq., Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
LLP, for the intervenor.
Vera A. Strebel, Esq., Daniel C. McIntosh, Esq., and Colleen A. Eagan, Esq., Defense
Information Systems Agency, for the agency.
April Y. Shields, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the agency's technical evaluation is denied where the record
shows  that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the
solicitation.

2. Protest challenging the agency's selection of a higher-priced, technically superior
quotation is denied where the record shows that the agency's best-value tradeoff
decision was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation, and an error in
the documentation was not prejudicial.
DECISION

UltiSat, Inc., of Gaithersburg, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to SES
Government  Solutions, Inc. (SES-GS), of Reston, Virginia, under request for quotations
(RFQ)  No. 1411131,1 issued by the Department of Defense, Defense Information
Systems  Agency, for satellite bandwidth and related services to support the United
States Air Force Central Command (USAFCENT).   The  protester challenges various
aspects of the technical evaluation and best-value tradeoff decision.

We  deny the protest.


1 The solicitation is also referenced by tracking number CTC0329. Agency Report (AR),
Tab 2F, RFQ  amend. 6 (RFQ), at 1.

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