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B-403912.3 1 (2011-05-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoti0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General lAccoauntability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ited S ta tes G ov ern m e n t A cco u n tab ility O ffice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been D cision ..approved for public release. Matter of: MVM, Inc. File: B-403912.3 Date: May 26, 2011 Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., Timothy Noelker, Esq., Scott F. Lane, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for the protester. Harvey G. Sherzer, Esq., Scott Arnold, Esq., Pablo Nichols, Esq., and Shaunna E. Bailey, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro LLP, for AllWorld Language Consultants, Inc., the intervenor. James E. Hicks, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably determined that awardee's comparatively low extended pricing did not pose an unacceptable risk for recruitment and retention where proposed rates for labor categories that made up majority of anticipated effort were near government estimates for those rates and where awardee's proposal was assigned numerous strengths and relatively high ratings under recruitment and retention evaluation subfactors. 2. Agency was not required to inform protester during discussions that its pricing was high relative to awardee's pricing where record reflects that agency did not consider protester's pricing excessive or unreasonable. 3. Agency's selection of a lower-rated, lower-priced proposal for award is unobjectionable where agency reasonably determined that higher rating of protester's proposal under the solicitation's non-price evaluation factors did not outweigh the lower price of awardee's proposal. DECISION MVM, Inc., of Ashburn, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to AllWorld Language Consultants, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. DJD-10-R-0004, issued by the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), for linguist services. MVM challenges certain

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