About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-414514 1 (2017-07-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtnw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Global Aerospace Corporation File: B-414514 Date: July 3, 2017 Kerry T. Nock, Global Aerospace Corporation, for the protester. Karen M. Reilley, Esq., and D. Evelyn Lyon, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. A debriefing provided in connection with a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) procurement conducted pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 638 does not fall within the debriefing exception to our general timeliness rules at 4 C.F.R. § 21.2(a)(2), because such procurement is not a procurement conducted on the basis of competitive proposals, under which a debriefing is requested and, when requested, is required. Thus, protest regarding another offeror based on information that was known to the protester prior to, but not raised until after, the debriefing is untimely and therefore is dismissed. 2. Protest that agency unreasonably evaluated protester's proposal for an SBIR procurement is sustained where the agency did not document its basis for award recommendation contemporaneously and where the explanation for the agency's award recommendation prepared to address this protest appears to lack a reasonable basis. DECISION Global Aerospace Corporation, a small business, of Irwindale, California, protests the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) decision not to fund Global's phase II proposal under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program pursuant to solicitation No. NNX16SBIR/STTR. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal. Additionally, Global alleges that one of the firms, which was selected to receive funding, Thin Red Line USA d/b/a MKF Interests, LLC (TRLU), a small business, of Houston, Texas, was ineligible for a phase II award because it previously performed phase I--and likely will continue to perform phase I--research and

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most