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B-422057,B-422057.2 Jan 02, 2024 1 (2024-01-02)

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                    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 version has been
                                         - - - - - - approved for public release.


Matter of:   OBXtek, Inc.

File:     B-422057; B-422057.2

Date:     January 2,   2024

Lewis Rhodes, Esq., and Orest Jowyk, Esq., Reston Law Group, LLP, for the protester.
Aron C. Beezley, Esq., Patrick R Quigley, Esq., Owen E. Salyers, Esq., and Nathaniel J.
Greeson, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, for Valiant Global Defense
Services, Inc., the intervenor.
Erika Whelan Retta, Esq., and Alissa J. Schrider, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for
the agency.
Michael Willems, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest of the agency's evaluation of the protester's professional employee
compensation  plan is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and
consistent with regulation and the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

OBXtek,  Inc., of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Valiant
Global Defense Services, Inc., of San Diego, California, under fair opportunity proposal
request (FOPR) No. FA521523R0002 by   the Department of the Air Force for pilot
instruction and related services at several domestic and overseas locations. The
protester principally alleges that the agency erred in its evaluation of the protester's
professional employee compensation plan.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On  February 2, 2023, the agency issued the FOPR to all concerns eligible under pool 1
of the General Services Administration (GSA) One Acquisition Solution for Integrated
Services (OASIS) contract. Memorandum   of Law (MOL) at 2. The solicitation sought
pilot instruction and academic support services at six installations: Joint Base
Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska; Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii; Kadena and

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