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B-418604.3 May 05, 2021 1 (2021-05-05)

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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: Avionic Instruments LLC
File:     B-418604.3
Date:     May 5, 2021
Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., and Michael T. Gwinn, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC,
for the protester.
John R. Prairie, Esq., Cara L. Lasley, Esq., and Nicole E. Giles, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP,
for Physical Optics Corporation, the intervenor.
Ann M. Stewart, Esq., Eric M. Carlson, Esq., and Cody Benway, Esq., Department of
the Navy, for the agency.
Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Allegations that the agency unreasonably evaluated technical proposals are dismissed
where the record demonstrates that the allegations were abandoned or untimely, and
the challenge to the best-value tradeoff analysis is denied where the record shows that
the agency's award decision was reasonable and in accordance with the stated
evaluation criteria.
DECISION
Avionic Instruments LLC, of Avenel, New Jersey, protests the award of a contract to
Physical Optics Corporation (POC), of Torrance, California, under request for proposals
(RFP) No. N00019-19-R-0030, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Air
Systems Command, to replace analog inverters on the Navy's UH-1Y helicopter fleet
with digital signal processor (DSP) inverters. The protester challenges as unreasonable
the agency's evaluation of technical proposals and the best-value tradeoff analysis.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
This procurement was for development and production of a replacement inverter for the
UH-1Y helicopter. Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, Source Selection Plan at 7. Inverters
convert a helicopter's direct current (DC) into an alternating current (AC) usable for
other electronic needs. The agency intends to replace all existing UH-1Y analog power

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