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B-414026,B-414026.2 1 (2017-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtab0001 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 been approved for public release. Matter of: IndraSoft, Inc. File: B-414026; B-414026.2 Date: January 23, 2017 John E. Jensen, Esq., Alexander B. Ginsberg, Esq., and Travis L. Mullaney, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester. Terry L. Elling, Esq., and Thomas M. Brownell, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for DSD Laboratories, Inc., the intervenor. Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Lt Col Kevin P. Stiens, and Mark A. Davidson, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging an agency's assessment of technical risk is denied where the agency reasonably determined that the protester's technical approach warranted a moderate risk rating and the awardee's approach warranted a low risk rating. DECISION IndraSoft, Inc., a woman-owned small business of Reston, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to DSD Laboratories, Inc., of Sudbury, Massachusetts, pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8770-14-R-0517, which was issued by the Department of the Air Force for an integrated supply chain planning service to support Air Force sustainment centers. IndraSoft challenges the agency's assessment of risk with respect to both its and DSD's proposed technical approaches. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The Air Force issued the solicitation on March 14, 2016, seeking proposals for the enterprise supply chain analysis, planning, and execution (ESCAPE) acquisition. The ESCAPE solicitation, which was issued pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5 and limited to small businesses holding Network-

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