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B-410069.3,B-410069.4 1 (2015-01-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqxm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General ity * Integrity * Rellability 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: Advanced Concept Enterprises, Inc. File: B-410069.3; B-410069.4 Date: January 22, 2015 Kevin J. Maynard, Esq., Rand L. Allen, Esq., and Samantha S. Lee, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Joel B. Lofgren, Esq., and Michael G. McCormack, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., Cherie J. Owen, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester is not an interested party to challenge agency's evaluation of awardee's proposal where protester is not in line for award if protest is sustained. DECISION Advanced Concept Enterprises, Inc. (ACE) of Shalimar, Florida, protests the Department of the Air Force's award of a contract to Sonoran Technology and Professional Services, LLC, of Goodyear, Arizona, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA4890-13-R-01 22, for E-3 mission crew training. ACE asserts that the agency unreasonably evaluated Sonoran's proposal. We dismiss the protest on the basis that the protester is not an interested party under our Bid Protest Regulations because there was another offeror in line for award before ACE. The solicitation provided for award to the offeror that submitted the lowest-priced, technically acceptable offer, based on an evaluation of past performance, technical, and price factors. RFP at 188. Price was to be evaluated for realism and reasonableness. Id. at 194.1 1 There is a dispute between the agency and the protester as to the nature of the price realism analysis that was required to be performed. The agency report reflects that the agency did perform a price realism analysis. Since we are dismissing the (continued...)