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B-422905,B-422905.2 Dec 13, 2024 1 (2024-12-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaorij0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O 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 version has been Decision approved for public release. Matter of: Mistral Inc. File: B-422905; B-422905.2 Date: December 13, 2024 R. Locke Bell, Esq., Caitlin A. Crujido, Esq., and Markus G. Speidel, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for the protester. Kara L. Daniels, Esq., and Roee Talmor, Esq., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholar LLP, for AeroVironment, Inc., the intervenor. Debra J. Talley, Esq., and Adam G. Caudle, Esq., U.S. Army Materiel Command, for the agency. Michael P. Price, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's award of a sole-source contract pursuant to temporary acquisition authority is denied where the record demonstrates the agency's written determination and findings (D&F) was sufficient to support the use of the authority for other than full and open competitive procedures. DECISION Mistral, Inc., a women-owned small business of Bethesda, Maryland, protests the award of sole-source contract No. W91 CRB24DO01 1 to AeroVironment, LLC, of Simi Valley, California, awarded by the Department of the Army for loitering munitions weapons systems and related services. The protester primarily argues that the determination and findings (D&F) prepared by the agency is insufficient to justify the award of the contract on a sole-source basis. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND This protest involves complex and unique procurement and procedural histories and amendments to relevant procurement statutes and regulations. We discuss each in more detail below.

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