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B-408885.2 1 (2014-05-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqhm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision [e for pic release. Matter of: HBC Management Services, Inc. File: B-408885.2 Date: May 9, 2014 Brad S. Miller, Esq., Cooper Morrison & Associates, LLC, for the protester. Col. Barbara Shestko, Michael G. McCormack, Esq., Michelle D. Coleman, Esq., and Maj. Reagan H. Beaton, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's price realism evaluation is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the awardee's price was realistic, and a more in-depth price analysis was not required by the solicitation. DECISION HBC Management Services, Inc., of Honolulu, Hawaii, protests the award of a contract to Ke'aki Technologies, LLC, also of Honolulu, Hawaii, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA5215-13-R-0002, by the Department of the Air Force, for technical control services. HBC alleges that the Air Force's price realism analysis of Ke'aki's proposal was unreasonable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The solicitation was issued on March 8, 2013, as a competitive set-aside under the Small Business Administration's 8(a) set-aside program. The RFP sought on-site support for long-haul communication activities; testing communications services; minor maintenance repair to circuit and communications equipment; end-to-end support service; and Defense Information Systems Network transport support, at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in Hawaii. RFP, Performance Work Statement (PWS), at 3. The RFP anticipated the award of a fixed-price contract for a base year, with three 1-year options. RFP at 7, 43.

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