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B-422638 Sep 05, 2024 1 (2024-09-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqtm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO 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: ITility, LLC File: B-422638 Date: September 5, 2024 Daniel Strouse, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., and Jason W. Moy, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for the protester. Isabelle P. Cutting, Esq., and William M. Fuller, Esq., Department of the Air Force, 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 Protest challenging the terms of solicitation as irrational and reflecting bias against the protester is denied where the agency reasonably exercised its discretion to establish evaluation criteria. DECISION ITility, LLC, of Chantilly, Virginia, protests the terms of fair opportunity proposal request (FOPR) No. FA564124R0006, issued by the Department of the Air Force for technical and analytical services. The protester contends that the agency improperly changed the criteria for award without a rational basis. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On April 5, 2024, the agency issued the FOPR to holders of the Air Force's Advisory and Assistance Services V (A&AS V) indefinite-quantity, indefinite-delivery (IDIQ) multiple-award contract, pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 16. Agency Report (AR), Tab 30, Initial FOPR, Cover Letter at 1.1 The solicitation seeks to procure support services to assist the Air Force's mission as a component of the United States European Command and United States 1 Citations are to Adobe PDF page numbers.

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