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B-421550.2,B-421550.5,B-421550.6 Jun 27, 2023 1 (2023-06-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaoowu0001 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 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: Valiant Global Defense Services, Inc. File: B-421550.2; B-421550.5; B-421550.6 Date: June 27, 2023 Aron C. Beezley, Esq., and Lisa A. Markman, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester. Jason A. Blindauer, Esq., Blindauer Law, PLLC, for Fidelity Technologies Corporation, the intervenor. Stephen J. Faherty Jr., Esq., and Patrick D. Healy, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Michael P. Grogan, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's challenge to the agency's evaluation of its proposal under the technical factor is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging agency's best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the tradeoff was reasonable, sufficiently documented, and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 3. Protest alleging that the awardee materially misrepresented the participation of a potential subcontractor is dismissed where the allegation is speculative and based on unsupported evidence. DECISION Valiant Global Defense Services, Inc. (Valiant), of Herndon, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Fidelity Technologies Corporation (Fidelity), of Reading, Pennsylvania, pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. N6134022R0029, issued by the Department of the Navy, for flight instructional services. The protester contends the agency's evaluation of its proposal under the technical factor was unreasonable and inconsistent with the terms of the solicitation, and that the best-value tradeoff determination was flawed.

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