Mission Analytics, LLC (FA500425Q1001)

B-423980 Jan 14, 2026 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Mission Analytics, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. FA500425Q1001, issued by the Department of the Air Force for a closed-circuit television (CCTV) system. The protester also challenges the award of a contract under the RFQ to Wingmann, LLC, an SDVOSB of McCloud, Oklahoma. The protester argues that the solicitation's technical specifications are unduly restrictive, amounting to a sole-source requirement, and asserts that the agency improperly withdrew an earlier decision to issue the solicitation as a small business set-aside. The protester also argues that Wingmann is an ineligible vendor for award and contends that the agency violated Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) section 33.103(f) by making award in light of its pre-award challenges. We dismiss the protest. View Decision Decision Matter of: Mission Analytics, LLC File: B-423980 Date: January 14, 2026 Michael Winters for the protester. Colonel Justin A. Silverman, Major Edward S. Coleman, Isabelle Cutting, Esq., and Erika Whelan Retta, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Hannah G. Barnes, Esq., and April Y. Shields, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the terms of a solicitation is dismissed where protest was filed more than 10 days after the closing date for receipt of quotations, which constituted initial adverse agency action on the protester's pending agency-level protest raising the same issues. 2. Where protester's quotation was received after the submission deadline, protester is ineligible for award and is therefore not an interested party to challenge the agency's award decision. DECISION Mission Analytics, LLC, a service-disabled veteran‑owned small business (SDVOSB) of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. FA500425Q1001, issued by the Department of the Air Force for a closed-circuit television (CCTV) system. The protester also challenges the award of a contract under the RFQ to Wingmann, LLC, an SDVOSB of McCloud, Oklahoma. The protester argues that the solicitation's technical specifications are unduly restrictive, amounting to a sole-source requirement, and asserts that the agency improperly withdrew an earlier decision to issue the solicitation as a small business set‑aside. The protester also argues that Wingmann is an ineligible vendor for award and contends that the agency violated Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) section 33.103(f) by making award in light of its pre-award challenges. We dismiss the protest. BACKGROUND On September 11, 2025, pursuant to the commercial item acquisition procedures of FAR subpart 12.6, the Air Force issued the RFQ as a combined synopsis/solicitation on the System for Award Management (SAM.gov)[1] for an upgrade to a CCTV system. Req. for Dismissal, attach. A, Combined Synopsis/Solicitation at 1‑2.[2] Specifically, the solicitation sought a contractor to furnish equipment and labor to replace cameras, routers, and digital video management system units; it specified that these systems needed to be integrated with existing infrastructure; and it required the upgraded system to provide 4K camera resolution. Id. at 4. The RFQ provided for award to the vendor whose quotation “will be most advantageous to the Government” considering two factors: technical and price. Id. at 6. As relevant here, the solicitation provided that quotations were to be submitted by September 17. On September 17, prior to the closing time for receipt of quotations, Mission sent multiple emails to the contracting officer challenging the terms of the solicitation. The protester first emailed the agency to request that it change a 36X camera zoom specification to a 30X zoom range, arguing that this technical requirement “is unduly restrictive.” Req. for Dismissal, attach. F, Agency Protest Email at 1-3. The protester sent another series of emails that same day challenging the agency's decision to issue the RFQ on an unrestricted basis, rather than issuing it as a small business set‑aside as the Air Force had done for a prior solicitation.[3] Req. for Dismissal, attach. G, Post‑award Agency Protest Email at 3, 6, 8‑9. The protester requested the agency modify the RFQ “to reestablish the small business set[-]aside.” Id. at 3. The agency considered Mission's various emails to constitute a single agency-level protest dated September 17. Req. for Dismissal at 2. The agency proceeded with receiving and evaluating quotations. On September 23, the agency made award to Wingmann and publicly posted the award notice on SAM.gov. Req. for Dismissal at 2.