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B-421936 Nov 14, 2023 1 (2023-11-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaopjv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Lunar Resources, Inc. File: B-421936 Date: November 14, 2023 Elliot Carol for the protester. Scott E. Pickens, Esq., Barnes & Thornburg LLP, for Blue Origin, LLC, an intervenor. Meredith K. Blasingame, Esq., and Young H. Cho, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 Protest challenging the agency's award of a Funded Space Act Agreement, issued pursuant to the agency's other transaction authority, is dismissed as challenging an action outside of GAO's bid protest jurisdiction. DECISION Lunar Resources, Inc. (LRI), of Houston, Texas, protests the award of a Funded Space Act Agreement (FSAA) to Blue Origin, LLC, of Kent, Washington, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under announcement for partnership proposals (AFPP) No. 80H0TR2250A02, which solicited proposals to advance commercial space technologies that are at a tipping point in their development. LRI argues that Blue Origin is not entitled to award because Blue Origin made fraudulent representations in its proposal. We dismiss the protest. The AFPP sought proposals under two topic areas: (1) cislunar/lunar surface infrastructure and capabilities and (2) in-space infrastructure and capabilities. Protest, exh. A, AFPP at 2-3. The AFPP contemplated the award of FSAAs with milestone payments tied to major technical achievements. Id. at 4. The AFPP stated that NASA was looking for a broad portfolio of technologies that would be funded, but that the agency reserved the right to select none, one, or multiple proposals deemed the most competitive. Id. at iii. The AFPP anticipated funding up to a total of approximately

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