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B-419608,B-419608.2 May 28, 2021 1 (2021-05-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaolvz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo 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 DecisionDOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Decision 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: DCR Development, LLC File: B-419608; B-419608.2 Date: May 28, 2021 Shane J. McCall, Esq., Nicole D. Pottroff, Esq., and Christopher S. Coleman, Esq., Koprince Law, LLC, for the protester. Helen Y. Kearns, Esq., and Dixon Merkt, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency acted in bad faith by misleading protester as to the award of a lease contract is denied where there is no indication in the record that the government's actions constituted bad faith. 2. Protest alleging that discussions with the protester were misleading with regard to price is denied where the discussions were consistent with applicable procurement law and regulation. DECISION DCR Development, LLC, of Conroe, Texas, protests the award of a lease for office and hangar space to KH Aviation, LLC, also of Conroe, Texas, by the General Services Administration (GSA), under request for lease proposals (RLP) No. 8TX3328. The protester challenges the award decision, arguing that it was based on erroneous market research, which misled the protester and reflects bad faith. The protester also contends that the agency conducted misleading discussions and failed to adequately document whether the awardee's proposal met a checklist of minimum technical requirements. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND GSA is conducting the procurement on behalf of the United States Marshals Service (USMS), which provides rapid response support for aerial surveillance missions and must house four new aircraft in the Houston, Texas, metropolitan area. Contracting

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