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News/Protests & Claims/Agency is Not Required to Consider Technical Risk as Part of a Cost Realism Evaluation; GAO B-417324, Advanced Turbine Engine Company
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Agency is Not Required to Consider Technical Risk as Part of a Cost Realism Evaluation; GAO B-417324, Advanced Turbine Engine Company

Post-award protest is denied where the agency (1) reasonably evaluated the protester’s and awardee’s technical approaches, (2) did not engage in disparate treatment, (3) properly assessed the awardee’s asserted data rights, and (4) declined to factor technical risk into the cost realism analysis.

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