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B-418828.3 Mar 17, 2021 1 (2021-03-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaolkv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 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 redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: PAE Aviation and Technical Services, LLC File: B-418828.3 Date: March 17, 2021 Anuj Vohra, Esq., Christian N. Curran, Esq., and William B. O'Reilly, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester. J. Alex Ward, Esq., W. Jay DeVecchio, Esq., James A. Tucker, Esq., Alissandra D. Young, Esq., and Lyle F. Hedgecock, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for Vertex Aerospace, LLC, the intervenor. Jason B. Nelson, Esq., Deborah N. Borges, Esq., Christopher B. Erly, Esq., Kristina Hogan, Esq., and Sarah M. Erly, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Alexander O. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest alleging that awardee failed to price required elements of its proposed approach is denied where the agency reasonably found the awardee's price proposal to be realistic and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging agency's assessment of concerns relating to the protester's proposed program execution approach is denied where the agency's concerns were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 3. Protest arguing that the agency unfairly conducted exchanges with the awardee but not the protester is denied where the agency reasonably, and consistent with the terms of the solicitation, concluded that the protester's proposal did not provide the government with as much potential value as the awardee's proposal. DECISION PAE Aviation and Technical Services, LLC, located in Arlington, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Vertex Aerospace, LLC, located in Madison, Mississippi, under fair opportunity submission request (FOSR) N00421-20-TO-0001, issued by the Department of the Navy for contractor logistics support. PAE asserts that the agency unreasonably evaluated Vertex's price proposal and PAE's proposed program execution approach, and unequally conducted exchanges with some offerors but not PAE.

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