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B-422051.2,B-422051.3 Jun 04, 2024 1 (2024-06-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqnk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Gu AOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has D e i o been approved for public release. D e c is io n ------------------------------------------------------------ Matter of: Advanced Logistics Partners, Inc. File: B-422051.2; B-422051.3 Date: June 4, 2024 Robert J. Symon, Esq., Nathaniel J. Greeson, Esq., Charles F. Blanchard, Esq., and Owen E. Salyers, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester. Adam Humphries, Esq., United States Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency misevaluated awardee's proposal as acceptable is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation criteria. 2. Protest that agency held unequal and non-meaningful discussions is denied where the record shows that both awardee and protester were provided the same information about the pricing of the requirement and given the same opportunity to revise their prices. DECISION Advanced Logistics Partners, Inc., of Fallston, Maryland, a small business, protests the award of a contract to JB Contracting, Inc., of Beltsville, Maryland, also a small business, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 12305B23R0022, issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service, for roof repairs in Beltsville, Maryland. The protester argues that the awardee's proposal should have been found technically unacceptable, and that the agency conducted unequal and non-meaningful discussions. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as a small business set-aside on August 18, 2023, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract to replace a roof on a building at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. Award was to be made on a lowest-priced, technically acceptable basis to the firm with the lowest price rated go/no go under two equally

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