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B-422969 Dec 20, 2024 1 (2024-12-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaorhj0001 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: Culmen International, LLC File: B-422969 Date: December 20, 2024 Damien C. Specht, Esq., Sandeep N. Nandivada, Esq., Caitlin A. Crujido., Esq., and Roke Iko, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for the protester. Jason A. Carey, Esq., Jennifer K. Bentley, Esq., Moushmi Patil, Esq., and Catherine K. Wettach, Esq., Covington & Burling LLP, for PAE Applied Technologies LLC, the intervenor. Colonel Nina R. Padalino, Nicholas T. Iliff, Jr., Esq., Beatrice K. Foster, Esq., and Warner J. Worthan, 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 alleging the agency's discussions were misleading and coercive is denied where the agency addressed legitimate concerns in the protester's proposal and provided the protester with an opportunity to address the concerns. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. 3. Protest that the agency failed to conduct a proper best-value tradeoff analysis is denied where protester fails to demonstrate that the tradeoff was unreasonable. DECISION Culmen International, LLC, of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to PAE Applied Technologies LLC (Amentum), of Germantown, Maryland, under fair opportunity proposal request (FOPR) No. FA4890-24-R-CNO2.1 The Department of the Air Force issued the solicitation for services in support of counterdrug, counter organized crime, and counter-terrorism missions conducted by federal law enforcement 1 PAE Applied Technologies LLC bought Amentum in 2022. See Protest at 1 n.2. The protester refers to the awardee as Amentum, and we do likewise in this decision.

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