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B-414312,B-414312.2,B-414312.3 1 (2017-05-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtjf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decis~n sued on the date below subject to ta GAO P~otecdive OrdIer. This redI~cted ve 'sien has Decision Matter of: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation File: B-414312; B-414312.2; B-414312.3 Date: May 1, 2017 Anne B. Perry, Esq., Townsend L. Bourne, Esq., and Melinda R. Biancuzzo, Esq., Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, for the protester. Michael R. Charness, Esq., Jamie F. Tabb, Esq., Tyler E. Robinson, Esq., and Ryan D. Stalnaker, Esq., Vinson & Elkins LLP, for BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Inc., the intervenor. Col. C. Taylor Smith, Lt. Col. Kevin P. Stiens, Maj. Samuel T. Miller, and Bradley S. Adams, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Source selection authority reasonably concluded that the risks and benefits associated with awardee's proposed solution offered a better value to the government than the risks and benefits associated with the protester's proposed solution, and reasonably rejected the lower-level evaluators' recommendation to select the protester for award. 2. There is no merit in protester's assertion that the agency's discussions were less than meaningful where protester's proposed solution contained no evaluated significant weaknesses or deficiencies and the agency's discussions advised the protester of the agency's concerns regarding the schedule risk associated with the protester's proposed solution. 3. Agency's consideration of issues related to, and encompassed by, the stated evaluation criteria did not constitute application of unstated evaluation factors. DECISION Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, of Rolling Meadows, Illinois, protests the Department of the Air Force's award of a contract to BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Inc., of Nashua, New Hampshire, pursuant to request

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