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B-418574.2,B-418574.4 1 (2020-06-23)

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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                             of the United States
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                                             DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                           The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                   a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                          1been approved for public release.


Matter of:   U.S. Electrodynamics, Inc.

File:        B-418574.2; B-418574.4

Date:        June 23, 2020

J. Randolph MacPherson, Esq., Halloran & Sage LLP, for the protester.
Alexander B. Ginsberg, Esq., Aaron S. Ralph, Esq., Meghan D. Doherty, Esq., and
Robert C. Starling, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Strategic Approach
Solutions, LLC, an intervenor.
Frank V. DiNicola, Esq., Tobias Hunziker, Esq., and Reza Behinia, Esq., Department of
Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging agency's evaluation of proposals is dismissed where protester
abandoned its challenge to the evaluation of its proposal, and is not an interested party
to challenge the evaluation of the awardee's proposal.
DECISION

U.S. Electrodynamics, Inc. (USEI), of Brewster, Washington, protests the award of a
contract to Strategic Approach Solutions, LLC (SAS), of Vienna, Virginia, under request
for proposals (RFP) No. 36C10A-20-R-0003, issued by the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) for enterprise satellite communications services. USEI argues that the
agency misevaluated proposals and made an unreasonable source selection decision.

We dismiss the protest.

BACKGROUND

The solicitation, issued as a 100 percent service-disabled, veteran-owned small
business (SDVOSB) set aside, contemplates the award, on a best-value basis, of a
fixed-price contract for a base year and nine 1-year options to provide enterprise
satellite communications services. The RFP contemplates that the successful offeror
will replace all of the agency's satellite communications equipment and, thereafter, will
operate, maintain and support the newly-installed satellite communications enterprise.

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