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B-407708,B-407708.2 1 (2013-01-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpjl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General r Accountablity * 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 Decision [...been approvedfor release. Matter of: Nexant, Inc. File: B-407708; B-407708.2 Date: January 30, 2013 Daniel R. Forman, Esq., James J. Regan, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., and Stephan D. Rice, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester. Peter B. Hutt, II, Esq., Thomas P. McLish, Esq., Scott M. Heimberg, Esq., and Maka Y. Hutson, Esq., Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, for Deloitte Consulting, LLP, an intervenor. R. Rene Dupuy, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency engaged in misleading discussions is sustained where the agency failed to convey its actual concerns to the protester in a manner that would have enabled the protester to meaningfully respond to the evaluated weaknesses identified in its proposal. 2. Protest challenging the agency's technical evaluation is sustained where the agency's evaluation was based on a flawed methodology and contained numerous unreasonable conclusions. 3. Protest that the agency's award decision was flawed is sustained where the decision did not reasonably explain the basis for selecting the awardee's higher- rated, higher-cost proposal. DECISION Nexant, Inc., of Washington, D.C., protests the award of a contract to Deloitte Consulting, LLP, of Arlington, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 486- 12-018A, issued by the United States Agency for International Development (AID), for services in connection with the establishment of a private financing advisory network in Asia (PFAN-Asia). Nexant argues that the agency engaged in

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