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B-414603,B-414603.2 1 (2017-07-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtry0001 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 r- ...................................................................................................................... DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Ds The decision issued on the date below was subject to! Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for pulcrea. --e ---------- m~_o __e__ _f__r_~_ blicree_as_e ................................................. Matter of: Orbital Sciences Corporation File: B-414603; B-414603.2 Date: July 26, 2017 Jason A. Carey, Esq., John W. Sorrenti, Esq., Luke W. Meier, Esq., Patrick J. Stanton, Esq., and Evan R. Sherwood, Esq., Covington & Burling, LLP, for the protester. David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., Laurel A. Hockey, Esq., Daniel Strouse, Esq., and Amy J. Spencer, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for the intervenor. Alexander T. Bakos, Esq., and Komal A. Sadhwani, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Stephanie B. Magnell, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest is denied where the agency waived a solicitation requirement and the protester did not allege that it was prejudiced by the waiver. 2. Protests challenging the agency's cost realism evaluation are denied, where the record demonstrates that the agency's conclusions were reasonable with regard to the awardee's proposed hours, and where the agency reasonably adjusted protester's costs. 3. Protest challenging the agency's past performance evaluation of the awardee is denied, as the agency was not required to consider an inspector general report as part of the evaluation. DECISION Orbital Sciences Corporation, of Greenbelt, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to Universities Space Research Association (USRA), of Columbia, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. NNA16579196R, which was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for science and mission operations services in support of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the world's largest airborne astronomical observatory. Orbital alleges that NASA improperly waived or relaxed the solicitation's total compensation plan requirement for USRA's proposal, failed to evaluate the difference in proposed hours between Orbital and USRA, made an improper upward price adjustment to Orbital's

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