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B-411687,B-411687.2 1 (2015-10-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsao0001 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 Ofbeen approved for public release. Matter of: Innovative Test Asset Solutions, LLC File: B-411687; B-411687.2 Date: October 2, 2015 Robert J. Symon, Esq., Aron C. Beezley, Esq., Jennifer F. Brinkley, Esq., and Lisa A. Markman, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester. Michael F. Mason, Esq., Thomas L. McGovern III, Esq., C. Peter Dungan, Esq., Michael D. McGill, Esq., and Christine Reynolds, Esq., Hogan Lovells US LLP, for National Aerospace Solutions, LLC, an intervenor. Lt. Col. Mark E. Allen, Maj. Damund E. Williams, Lt. Col. Aaron E. Woodward, Gregory B. Porter, Esq., Capt. Brett A. Johnson, and Capt. Andrew S. Herzog, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the technical evaluation is sustained where the agency failed to reasonably evaluate technical risk in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's past performance is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's stated evaluation criteria. 3. Protest challenging agency's cost realism evaluation is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency's conclusions were reasonable. 4. Protest that agency failed to give adequate consideration to awardee's potential organizational conflict of interest (OCI) is denied, where the record shows that the agency investigated potential OCIs and reasonably concluded that awardee's plan would adequately avoid, neutralize, or mitigate the potential conflicts of interest. DECISION Innovative Test Asset Solutions, LLC (ITAS), of Tullahoma, Tennessee, protests the award of a contract to National Aerospace Solutions, LLC (NAS), of Reston, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA9101-13-R-01 00, issued by the

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