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B-422601 Aug 23, 2024 1 (2024-08-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqzq0001 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: Science and Technology Corporation File: B-422601 Date: August 23, 2024 Robert J. Symon, Esq., Nathaniel J. Greeson, Esq., Patrick R. Quigley, Esq., and Owen E. Salyers, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester. Francis E. Purcell Jr., Esq., and Joseph R. Berger, Esq., Thompson Hine LLP, for Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., the intervenor. Michael G. Anderson, Esq., H. Gray Marsee, Esq., and Shannon A. Sharkey, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Jacob Talcott, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Science and Technology Corporation (STC), a small business of Hampton, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. (AMA), also a small business of Hampton, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 80ARC023R0006, issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for aircraft and spaceflight systems engineering support services. The protester contends the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals under the mission suitability and past performance factors, made unreasonable cost adjustments, failed to conduct meaningful discussions, and made an unreasonable best-value tradeoff decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On March 16, 2023, the agency issued the RFP as a set-aside for small businesses in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15 and NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) subpart 1815.3. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3b RFP sections B-M

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