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B-415716.6 1 (2018-07-30)

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GU.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
Decision                                     a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                             been approved for public release.


Matter of: Avosys Technology, Inc.

File:        B-415716.6

Date:       July 30, 2018

Johnathan M. Bailey, Esq., and Kristin E. Zachman, Esq., Bailey & Bailey, PC, for the
protester.
Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Michael G. McCormack, Esq., and Rachell J. Reilly, Esq.,
Department of the Air Force, for the agency.
Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of protester's proposal under the past
performance evaluation factor is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was
reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.
DECISION

Avosys Technology, Inc., a small business of San Antonio, Texas, protests the decision
by the Department of the Air Force to exclude its proposal from competition under
request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8771-17-R-1 000 for information technology (IT)
services. The protester maintains that the agency unreasonably excluded its proposal
from competition.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFP, known as the Small Business Enterprise Application Solutions (SBEAS)
solicitation, set aside for small businesses, was issued on September 28, 2017,
pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15, and
contemplated the award of 40 multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity