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B-416873.2,B-416873.3 1 (2019-04-05)

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GAO 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 redacted version has
                                          been approved for public release.


Matter of:   IPKeys Technologies, LLC

File:     B-416873.2;   B-416873.3

Date:       April 5, 2019

Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Sarah B. Hansen, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for
the protester.
Damien  C. Specht, Esq., R. Locke Bell, Esq., and James A. Tucker, Esq., Morrison &
Foerster LLP, for By Light Professional IT Services LLC, the intervenor.
Vera A. Strebel, Esq., and Anthony J. Balestreri, Esq., Defense Information Systems
Agency, for the agency.
Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of technical proposals is denied where the
record establishes that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the
solicitation evaluation criteria.

2. Protest against an agency's cost-realism analysis of the awardee's proposal is
denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably evaluated the awardee's
proposed costs, taking into account the awardee's technical approach and individual
cost elements.
DECISION

IPKeys Technology, LLC ( IPKeys), of Stafford, Virginia , protests the issuance of a task
order to By Light Professional IT Services, LLC (By Light), of Arlington, Virginia, by the
Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), under
request for proposals (RFP) No. GSMETI00032, for secure systems engineering and
evolution support for the Defense Information System Network (DISN). IPKeys
challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals and its award decision.


We  deny the protest.

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