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B-414331.5 1 (2017-11-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduap0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved _fo-rpublic_release ........................................................... Matter of: Specmat Technologies, Inc. File: B-414331.5 Date: November 29, 2017 Isaias Alba, IV, Esq., Julia Di Vito, Esq., Kathryn M. Kelley, Esq., and Samuel S. Finnerty, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for the protester. Paul F. Khoury, Esq., and George E. Petel, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for Signal Engineering, Inc., the intervenor. Lieutenant Colonel Kevin P. Stiens, and Jason R. Smith, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest of past performance evaluation is denied where the evaluation was reasonable, consistent with the terms of the solicitation, and thoroughly documented. 2. Protest that agency failed to assess the awardee's proposal for risk following a reduction in the awardee's proposed price is denied where the solicitation did not require such an analysis. 3. Protest that the agency failed to conduct a price realism analysis is denied where the solicitation contemplated the award of a contract on a fixed-price basis, the solicitation did not contain an express price realism provision, and the solicitation lacked the types of express statements that would support a conclusion that a price realism analysis was contemplated. DECISION Specmat Technologies, Inc., located in Rockford, Tennessee, protests the award of a contract to Signal Engineering, Inc., located in San Diego, California, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8606-16-R-6397 issued by the Department of the Air Force for personnel locator beacons (PLB). Specmat challenges the agency's evaluation of Signal's past performance and price. We deny the protest.

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