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B-421584 Jul 06, 2023 1 (2023-07-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaooxp0001 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: Akima Facilities Operations, LLC File: B-421584 Date: July 6, 2023 Devon E. Hewitt, Esq., Potomac Law Group, PLLC, for the protester. Damien C. Specht, Esq., James A. Tucker, Esq., and Roke Iko, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC, the intervenor. Jennifer L. Howard, Esq., Victoria H. Kauffman, Esq., Amber M. Hufft, Esq., and James A. Vatne, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Nathaniel S. Canfield, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest that the agency evaluated proposals disparately is denied where the record reflects that differences in evaluations were a result of differences in proposals. DECISION Akima Facilities Operations, LLC, an 8(a)1 small business of Herndon, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC, an 8(a) small business of Beltsville, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 80GSFC22RO011, which was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for operations and maintenance (O&M), architect-engineering (A-E), construction, and information resources services. We deny the protest. 1 Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. § 637(a), authorizes the Small Business Administration to enter into contracts with government agencies and to arrange for performance through subcontracts with socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.800. This program is commonly referred to as the 8(a) program.

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