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B-290599 1 (2002-09-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacybp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: il G A 0Comptroller General -------- .Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting 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. Decision Matter of: M&S Farms, Inc. File: B-290599 Date: September 5, 2002 Richard C. Bradley III, Esq., Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, for the protester. Bryce C. Ruth, Jr., Esq., for Carr's Wild Horse and Burro Center, an intervenor. Jeanne A. Anderson, Esq., and Alton E. Woods, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's source selection decision under a best value selection plan is unreasonable where the evaluation and selection decision contain material defects under all of the evaluation criteria, including price, such that the agency has not made a cost/technical tradeoff determination that reasonably considers the relative merits of the proposals. DECISION M&S Farms, Inc. protests an award to Carr's Wild Horse and Burro Center under request for proposals (RFP) No. NARO20009, issued by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), for a wild horse and burro adoption/holding facility. M&S Farms protests the agency's evaluation of proposals and source selection decision. We sustain the protest. The RFP, issued December 19, 2001, contemplated the award of a fixed unit price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for 1 year with 2 option years. The RFP identified a two-step evaluation process. The first step was an initial review for the proposal's compliance with the general requirements of the RFP. RFP § M.3. Specifically, proposals were required to comply with paragraph C.3 of the RFP's statement of work (SOW), which stated:

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