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B-401948.11 1 (2010-07-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbju0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL AL A , GA O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: LS3 Incorporated File: B-401948.11 Date: July 21, 2010 Steven A. Roberts, for the protester. Herman J. Narcho, Esq., Department of Labor, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly rejected proposal that included identifying information, where solicitation amendment explicitly required that all identifying information be redacted from proposals. DECISION LS3 Incorporated, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, protests the rejection of its proposal by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, under request for proposals (RFP) No. DOL099RP20703 for enterprise information technology services to support the Office of Foreign Labor Certification system. We deny the protest. The RFP was initially issued as a total small business set-aside for section 8(a) firms, with a closing date for receipt of proposals of July 29, 2009. Award was made to Zolon Corporation on September 18. Following the award to Zolon, our Office received 10 protests regarding this procurement, which resulted in the agency taking multiple corrective actions. The agency's last corrective action revised various terms of the initial solicitation; these revisions were issued as amendment No. 6 on January 20, 2010. The agency explains that, because some members of the technical evaluation panel (TEP) were former employees of the contractors competing for award, and due to the numerous protests against the procurement, amendment No. 6 contained a new requirement to insure anonymity of offerors, in order to achieve an unbiased evaluation. Agency Report at 5. Specifically, offerors were required to submit one

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