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B-421547,B-421547.2 May 26, 2023 1 (2023-05-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaoost0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Tyonek Engineering & Agile Mfg, LLC File: B-421547; B-421547.2 Date: May 26, 2023 Jeffrey M. Chiow, Esq., and James A. D'Cruz, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, for the protester. Eric S. Crusius, Esq., Jeremy D. Burkhart, Esq., and Richard Ariel, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for Total Quality Systems, Inc., the intervenor. Colonel Frank Yoon, and Isabelle P. Cutting, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Heather Self, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of proposed prices is sustained where the evaluation record is internally inconsistent and inadequately documented, and, thus, inhibits our ability to review the evaluation to determine whether it was reasonable. 2. Protest contending agency conducted misleading discussions is sustained where the agency failed to lead protester into the true area of concern about its price. DECISION Tyonek Engineering and Agile Manufacturing (TEAMCOR), a small business of Anchorage, Alaska, protests the award of four indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA812622R0001, issued by the Department of the Air Force for interface test adapters and related test equipment.1 The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of proposed pricing, conduct of discussions, and best-value tradeoff. We sustain the protest. 1 The four small business awardees are: (1) WesTest Engineering Corp (WTE), of Layton, Utah; (2) Total Quality Systems, Inc. (TQSI), of Roy, Utah; (3) X Technologies, Inc. (XTI), of San Antonio, Texas; and (4) ION Corporation, of Prairie, Minnesota. Agency Report (AR) Tab 24a, Notice of Award at 1.

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