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B-422006,B-422006.2 Dec 20, 2023 1 (2023-12-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaopqz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A . y 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: L3Harris Technologies, Inc. File: B-422006; B-422006.2 Date: December 20, 2023 Andrew E. Shipley, Esq., Philip E. Beshara, Esq., Elizabeth J. D'Aunno, Esq., Douglas W. Gates, Esq., and Jarrod R. Carman, Esq., Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, for the protester. Marcia G. Madsen, Esq., Luke Levasseur, Esq., Evan C. Williams, Esq., and Jason C. Coffey, Esq., Mayer Brown LLP, for the intervenor. Adam Supple, Esq., Marla Harrington, Esq., and Kristin Pollard Kiel, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of proposals and selection decision is denied where the record shows that the evaluation and selection decision were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging the cost realism analysis of the awardee's proposal is denied where the record shows the agency's computation of upward cost adjustments was reasonably based and adequately documented, and where the agency reasonably concluded that an impending corporate transaction would not materially impact the cost of performance or the awardee's ability to perform the contract. 3. Protest alleging that the timing of agency's hiring decision created an unmitigable appearance of impropriety is denied where the facts do not establish any impropriety requiring disqualification of the awardee, or a conflict of interest that impaired the source selection authority's ability to render an impartial decision. DECISION L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (L3Harris), of Fort Wayne, Indiana, protests the award of a contract to Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation (Ball), of Boulder, Colorado, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 80GSFC22R0055, issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

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