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B-409346.3,B-409346.5,B-409346.7,B-409346.8 1 (2014-12-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadquv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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: Chemonics International, Inc. File: B-409346.3; B-409346.5; B-409346.7; B-409346.8 Date: December 11, 2014 Eric J. Marcotte, Esq., Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Jacob W. Scott, Esq., Kelly E. Buroker, Esq., and Kyle E. Gilbertson, Esq., Vedder Price, P.C., for the protester. Richard B. O'Keeffe, Jr., Esq., William A. Roberts, III, Esq., and Gary S. Ward, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for AECOM International Development, Inc.; Robert Nichols, Esq., Nooree Lee, Esq., Kayleigh Scalzo, Esq., and Catlin M. Meade, Esq., Covington & Burling LLP, for Development Alternatives, Inc.; and Holly A. Roth, Esq., Lystra Batchoo, Esq., David E. Frulla, Esq., and Elizabeth C. Johnson, Esq., Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, for Tetra Tech ARD; the intervenors. R. Rene Dupuy, Esq., and Scott Risner, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals under the solicitation's technical factors is denied where the record shows that the agency fully considered the protester's and awardees' proposals, reasonably assigned weaknesses where warranted, and did not treat offerors disparately. 2. Protest challenging the agency's past performance evaluation is denied where the agency reasonably evaluated the protester's and awardee's past performance; agency was not required to consider various public reports that allegedly contained adverse past performance information of the awardees. 3. Protest of the agency's best-value determination is denied where the source selection authority's cost/technical tradeoff was adequately documented, consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria, and otherwise unobjectionable. DECISION Chemonics International, Inc., of Washington, D.C., protests the award of contracts to AECOM International Development, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia; Development

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