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B-415744.5,B-415744.6 1 (2018-11-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvhl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.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: AlliantCorps, LLC File: B-415744.5; B-415744.6 Date: November 23, 2018 Jeffery M. Chiow, Esq., Deborah N. Rodin, Esq., Lucas T. Hanback, Esq., and Stephen L. Bacon, Esq., Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC, for the protester. Jennifer S. Zucker, Esq., and Daniel D. Straus, Esq., Greenberg Traurig LLP, for the intervenor. R. Montana Erickson, Esq., and Duncan Butts, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Stephanie B. Magnell, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is denied, where the agency's selection of a higher-priced, higher-rated proposal was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation. DECISION AlliantCorps, LLC, a small business of San Antonio, Texas, protests the issuance of a task order to DKW Communications, Inc. (DKW), a small business of Washington, District of Columbia, by the Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, under request for task order proposals (RFTOP) No. N61340-17-R-0003, which was issued for software and hardware maintenance services for pilot simulation training systems. The protester asserts that the agency's selection of DKW, a higher-priced, higher-rated offeror, was unreasonable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On June 22, 2017, the Navy issued the solicitation to small business holders of the Alliant Small Business governmentwide acquisition contract through the General Services Administration's e-Buy portal. Combined Contracting Officer's Statement/ Memorandum of Law (COS/MOL) at 5-6. The solicitation was set aside for small businesses and conducted pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 16.505.