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B-406186 1 (2012-03-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadorw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I QA Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: AIS Engineering, Inc. File: B-406186 Date: March 7, 2012 Jonathan T. Williams, Esq., Isaias Cy Alba, IV, Esq., and Kathryn V. Flood, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, and Todd A. Pilot, Esq., The Trademark Institute, for the protester. John E. Jensen, Esq., Daniel S. Herzfeld, Esq., Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Nicole Y. Beeler, Esq.,Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Ultisat, Inc., the intervenor. Stephanie A. Kreis, Esq., and Brandon Porter, Esq., Department of Defense, for the agency. Gary R. Allen, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester's proposal was reasonably found to be unacceptable where it was evaluated as materially failing to satisfy stated performance and capability requirements. DECISION AIS Engineering, Inc., of Silver Spring, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to Ultisat, Inc., of Gaithersburg, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HC1013-10-R-2005, issued by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Department of Defense (DoD), for a digital, internet protocol (IP)-based network that would connect various remote detection facilities, geophysical locations and service points with the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC). We deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part. BACKGROUND AFTAC is the DoD agency responsible for monitoring nuclear treaty compliance. To this end, AFTAC has a network of sensors, known as the U.S. Atomic Energy Detection System Network, which consists of a worldwide network of geophysical