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B-421942,B-421942.2,B-421942.3 Dec 13, 2023 1 (2023-12-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaopqg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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: VSE Corporation File: B-421942; B-421942.2; B-421942.3 Date: December 13, 2023 Grant H. Willis, Esq., Fernand A. Lavallee, Esq., Ryan P. McGovern, Esq., and Robyn B. Celestino, Esq., Jones Day, for the protester. Jason A. Carey, Esq., J. Hunter Bennett, Esq., and Andrew R. Guy, Esq., Covington & Burling LLP, for Amentum Services, Inc., the intervenor. Laura A. Whitten, Esq., Christopher Lybeck, Esq., Trenton Bowen, Esq., and Robert M. Jusko, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Samantha S. Lee, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protests challenging cost realism analysis and the agency's evaluation under the management factor are denied where the record shows that the agency complied with the solicitation's terms. 2. Protest that the agency failed to perform a proper best-value tradeoff is denied where the agency's award decision was reasonable and adequately documented. DECISION VSE Corporation, of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command's award of a contract to Amentum Services, Inc. of Germantown, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N0002418R4200 for foreign military sales (FMS) follow-on technical support (FOTS). VSE argues that the agency's evaluation of proposals and resulting award decision were improper. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On July 5, 2019, using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15, the Navy issued the solicitation on an unrestricted, full and open competitive basis.

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