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B-407006 1 (2012-10-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpcu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General 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. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Emergint Technologies, Inc. File: B-407006 Date: October 18, 2012 Daniel S. Herzfeld, Esq., Nicole Y. Beeler, Esq., and Clare M. Cavaliero, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester. David P. Metzger, Esq., and Caitlin K. Cloonan, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for DB Consulting Group, Inc., an intervenor. Scott C. Briles, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest is sustained where solicitation for the issuance of a fixed-price time-and-materials task order did not provide for a price realism evaluation, yet the agency discounted the protester's lower price in its best value tradeoff decision based on its conclusion that the protester's low pricing posed performance risk and reflected a lack of understanding of the agency's requirements. 2. Protest of agency's technical evaluation is sustained where the record does not support weaknesses identified in the protester's proposal. DECISION Emergint Technologies, Inc., of Louisville, Kentucky, protests the issuance of a task order to DB Consulting Group, Inc., of Silver Spring, Maryland, under request for task order proposals (RFTOP) No. 2012-IM-01 03, issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services, for information services support for CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) in Atlanta, Georgia.' The protester 1 The RFTOP was issued under CDC's information management services (CIMS) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract No. 200-2010-37211.

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