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B-404455 1 (2011-02-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbrc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL .L A GA O Comptroller General .,u in Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: American Title Services, a Joint Venture File: B-404455 Date: February 4, 2011 Richard Talley for the protester. Jud E. McNatt, Esq., Department of Housing and Urban Development, for the agency. Jeanette M. Soares, Esq., Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a negotiated procurement for real estate closing services, an agency reasonably found the protester's proposal technically unacceptable where the solicitation provided for the evaluation of the offeror's ability to legally perform closings, and the protester's proposal did not demonstrate that the protester, a joint venture consisting of an out-of-state, non-licensed firm and an in-state, licensed firm, could legally perform closings in California. DECISION American Title Services, (ATS), ajoint venture, of Greenwood Village, Colorado, protests the rejection of its proposal and the award of contracts to Chicago Title Company of Bakersfield, California, by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under request for proposals (RFP) No. R-DEN-02467 for real estate closing services. We deny the protest. 'ATS is ajoint venture of American Title Services Company, of Greenwood Village, Colorado, and Fresno Escrow, Inc., of Fresno, California. Agency Report (AR), Tab 7, Joint Venture Agreement, Aug. 31, 2010. This agreement provided that the joint venture would be managed and controlled exclusively by American Title Services Company. Id. at 3.

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