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B-422300 Mar 19, 2024 1 (2024-03-19)

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                    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:   Military Freefall Solutions, Inc.

File:        B-422300

Date:     March 19, 2024

James  M. White, Esq., Marshall & White, PC, for the protester.
Erin L. Felix, Esq., Polsinelli PC, for Skydive Elsinore, Inc., the intervenor.
Christopher B. Erly, Esq., United States Marine Corps, for the agency.
Uri R. Yoo, Esq., and Alexander O. Levine, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's technical quotation is
denied where the protest allegations are not supported by the record, and the
evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.
DECISION

Military Freefall Solutions, Inc. (MFS), a small business of Coronado, California,
protests the award of a contract to Skydive Elsinore, Inc. (Elsinore), a small business of
Lake Elsinore, California, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. M00681-24-Q-0003,
issued by the United States Marine Corps for high-altitude, high-opening (HAHO)
progression and sustainment training support services. The protester challenges the
agency's evaluation of the awardee's technical quotation and the best-value
determination.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On  November  7, 2023, the agency issued the solicitation as a small business set-aside
using the commercial acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
part 12, and the simplified acquisition procedures of FAR subpart 13.5. Agency
Report (AR), Tab 1, RFQ at 1, 18. The RFQ  contemplated the award of a single
fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a 5-year ordering period.
Id. at 18, 42.

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