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B-422340.2,B-422341.2 May 28, 2024 1 (2024-05-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqkr0001 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 a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Quantum Ventura, Inc. File: B-422340.2; B-422341.2 Date: May 28, 2024 James C. Fontana, Esq., and L. James D'Agostino, Esq., Fontana Law Group, PLLC, and David R. Warner, Esq., and Heather Mims, Esq., Warner, PLLC, for the protester. Colonel Patricia W. Lenz, Christian H. Robertson II, Esq., Jeremy W. Robinson, Esq., and John S. Osborn, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Jacob M. Talcott, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the terms of the solicitation as ambiguous and unduly restrictive is denied where the language was clear and reasonably defined the agency's needs. 2. Protest raising additional challenge to the terms of the solicitation is dismissed as untimely where the protester did not raise argument until after the filing of the agency report despite having knowledge of the purported ambiguity prior to filing its protest. DECISION Quantum Ventura Inc., a small business of San Jose, California, protests the terms of the Department of Defense's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 24.1 program broad agency announcement. The protester contends that the solicitation's requirements are ambiguous and unduly restrict competition. We deny the protests in part and dismiss them in part. BACKGROUND The Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 established the SBIR program to assist small business concerns in undertaking and achieving research and

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