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B-413033,B-413033.2 1 (2016-08-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsme0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: ADNET Systems, Inc. File: B-413033; B-413033.2 Date: August 3, 2016 Eric J. Marcotte, Esq., Kelly E. Buroker, Esq., Jacob W. Scott, Esq., and Kyle E. Gilbertson, Esq., Vedder Price, P.C., for the protester. Jerry A. Miles, Esq., Angeline R. Burke, Esq., Christine Funk, Esq., and Ann Mayhew Golski, Esq., Deale Services, LLC, for Science Systems and Applications, Inc., an intervenor. Michael I. Mark, Esq., and Alexander T. Bakos, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals under the solicitation's mission suitability factor is denied where the record shows that the agency fully considered the proposals, reasonably assigned weaknesses where warranted, and did not treat offerors disparately. 2. Protest challenging the agency's past performance evaluation is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and the source selection authority was properly briefed on the findings. 3. Protest challenging the agency's cost realism analysis is denied where the agency thoroughly evaluated the proposed costs and reasonably concluded that the costs were realistic and that no cost adjustments were required. 4. Protest of the agency's best-value determination is denied where the decision was adequately documented, consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria, and otherwise unobjectionable. DECISION ADNET Systems, Inc., a small business of Bethesda, Maryland, protests the award of a contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to