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B-412636,B-412636.2 1 (2016-04-22)

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        G     A    O                                                  Comptroller General
      Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability                          of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548                            .DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

                                                 The decision issued on the date below was subject to
                                                 a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                                 been approved forpublic release.



         Matter of:   Paragon Technology Group, Inc.

         File:     B-412636; B-412636.2

         Date:       April 22, 2016

         John E. Jensen, Esq., Meghan Doherty, Esq., Selena Brady, Esq., and Alexander
         B. Ginsberg, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester.
         Robert J. Symon, Esq., Elizabeth A. Ferrell, Esq., Aron C. Beezley, Esq., and Lisa A
         Markman, Esq., Bradley, Arant, Boult, Cummings, LLP, for Jacobs Technology Inc.,
         the intervenor.
         Christopher S. Cole, Esq., Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Lt. Col. Mark E. Allen, and
         Heather M. Mandelkehr, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency.
         Stephanie B. Magnell, Esq., and Jennifer Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the
         General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         1. Protest alleging that agency engaged in misleading discussions is sustained
         where the record shows that agency's discussion questions did not accurately
         describe the agency's concern.

         2. Protest is sustained where the agency's past performance evaluation did not
         follow the terms of the solicitation and was based on an unreasonable interpretation
         of the solicitation.
         DECISION

         Paragon Technology Group, Inc., of Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, protests the
         issuance of a task order to Jacobs Technology Inc., of Tullahoma, Tennessee,
         under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HTC711-15-Q-D032, issued by the United
         States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) to obtain program
         management, engineering, financial management and acquisition related support
         for 22 programs of record' served by the Program Executive Office - TRANSCOM

         1 Examples of these program areas include the Defense Personal Property System,
         Dynamic Mission Replanning, and the Mobility Enterprise Information Services.
         RFQ at 23.

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