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B-415252.4,B-415252.5 1 (2018-11-09)

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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
                                              a GAO Protective Order. This version has been
Decision                                     .approved for public release.



Matter of: M7 Aerospace, LLC

File:     B-415252.4; B-415252.5

Date:     November 9, 2018

James J. McCullough, Esq., Anayansi Rodriguez, Esq., and Michael J. Anstett, Esq.,
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, for the protester.
Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Kelly E. Buroker, Esq., Kirsten W. Konar, Esq., and Tamara
Droubi, Esq., Vedder Price, P.C., for URS Federal Services, Inc., the intervenor.
Erika L. Whelan Retta, Esq., Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., and Nicole R. Fincham, Esq.,
Department of the Air Force, 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. Protest challenging the agency's price realism evaluation of the awardee's proposal
is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable, adequately documented, and
in accordance with the terms of the solicitation.

2. Protest alleging that the awardee, the incumbent contractor, based elements of its
proposal on access to non-public information is denied where the record does not show
that the awardee relied on information other than general knowledge obtained in
performance of the incumbent requirements or publically available information.

3. Protest alleging that the agency engaged in misleading discussions with the
protester is denied where the record shows that the agency's discussion questions were
not misleading and the changes made by the protester to its proposal were the result of
its independent business judgments.
DECISION

M7 Aerospace, LLC, of San Antonio, Texas, protests the award of a contract to URS
Federal Services, Inc., of Germantown, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP)
No. FA8131-16-R-0002, which was issued by the Department of the Air Force, for
contractor logistics support services for the Air Force's C-26 aircraft fleet. M7
challenges the agency's price realism and technical risk evaluations, alleges that the

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