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B-407179 1 (2012-11-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpfz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accor ntbkty *iInt|grity Reliabikity 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. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Agile Defense, Inc. File: B-407179 Date: November 16, 2012 Paul A. Debolt, Esq., J. Scott Hommer, III, Esq., George W. Wyatt, IV, Esq., Melanie Jones Totman, Esq., and Christina K. Kube, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. Lee Dougherty, Esq., and Katherine A. Straw, Esq., General Counsel, P.C., for FEDITC, LLC, the intervenor Col. Mark S. Teskey, Maj. Frank Yoon, and Christina M. Wenzel, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Paula J. Haurilesko, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging an agency's determination that the protester's proposal was technically unacceptable is denied, where the agency reasonably found that the protester failed to propose sufficient staffing to meet the solicitation's requirements. DECISION Agile Defense, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to FEDITC, LLC, of Rockville, Maryland, by the Department of the Air Force under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA4452-12-R-0012 for Executive Airlift Communications Network support services. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as a small business set-aside, provided for the award of a fixed- price contract for Executive Airlift Communications Network support services for a base year and three option years.1 See RFP at 1-8. The Executive Airlift 1 The RFP also included a cost reimbursement line item for travel.