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B-421102.5 Aug 09, 2023 1 (2023-08-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaopav0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Avon Protection Systems, Inc.--Costs File: B-421102.5 Date: August 9, 2023 Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., and Michael J. Maroulis, Esq., Haynes and Boone, LLP, for the protester. Stuart J. Anderson, Esq., and Gwendolyn A. laci, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Anh-Thi H. Le, Michael P. Grogan, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Request that GAO recommend reimbursement of protest costs is granted where challenge to the agency's conduct of discussions as part of corrective action taken in response to an earlier protest was clearly meritorious and the agency unduly delayed taking corrective action. DECISION Avon Protection Systems, Inc. (Avon), of Cadillac, Michigan, requests that we recommend the firm be reimbursed the reasonable costs of filing and pursuing its protest challenging the scope of the agency's corrective action taken in response to Avon's previous protest challenging the agency's evaluation and award made under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00024-21-R-6410. The Department of the Navy issued the RFP for the production of a multi-mission underwater breathing apparatus and associated services. The requester contends the agency failed to take prompt corrective action in response to a clearly meritorious protest ground. We grant the request. BACKGROUND The agency issued the solicitation on June 24, 2021, pursuant to the procedures in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15, seeking the production of a Multi-Mission Underwater Breathing Apparatus (MMUBA), required support equipment, and associated engineering support services. Agency Report (AR) for B-421102 et al.,