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B-403634 1 (2010-11-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbpu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General KWn , Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: The QED Group, LLC File: B-403634 Date: November 23, 2010 Keith R. Malley, Esq., Keith R. Malley, PC; and Richard L. Moorhouse, Esq., and William M. Jack, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, for the protester. R. Rene Dupuy, Esq., Agency for International Development, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably excluded protester's proposal from the competitive range, where the agency found that protester's proposal, which had significant weaknesses and a deficiency, was not among the most highly rated offers. DECISION The QED Group, LLC, of Washington, D.C., protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. M-OAA-DCHA- DOFDA-09-567, issued by the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for analytical services. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on May 22, 2009, provided for the award of approximately four indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts for analytical services and support for the design and implementation of USAID-funded democracy and governance (DG) strategies and programs. Offerors were informed that two of these contracts were set aside for small businesses. RFP § L.6(a). 1 The agency reserved the right to award more or fewer than four contracts. RFP § L.6(a).

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