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B-293215 1 (2004-02-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacypo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0 Comptroller 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: USFilter Operating Services, Inc. File: B-293215 Date: February 10, 2004 Kenneth A. Martin, Esq., Martin & Associates, for the protester. Michael W. Clancy, Esq., Dykema Gossett, for American Water Systems, Inc., an intervenor. Gregory Zagorin, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly failed to conduct meaningful discussions with protester is denied where record shows that agency specifically brought its concerns to protester's attention during negotiations. DECISION USFilter Operating Services, Inc. (USF) protests the award of a contract to American Water Services, Inc. (AWS) under request for proposals (RFP) No. SP0600-01-R- 0067, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to privatize the water and wastewater systems at Fort Rucker, Alabama. USF asserts that the agency improperly failed to conduct meaningful discussions with USF, improperly evaluated AWS's proposal, and made award without regard for the solicitation's evaluation and award criteria. We deny the protest. The RFP was issued pursuant to the authority in 10 U.S.C. § 2688 (2000), under which the Secretary of a military department may convey some or all of the government's interest in a utility system to a municipal, private, regional, district or cooperative utility company or other entity. Where more than one entity is interested in the conveyance, competitive procedures must be used to determine which entity will be the eventual conveyee. 10 U.S.C. § 2688(b)(1). The Secretary may not make the conveyance unless an economic analysis has been presented to various committees of Congress showing that the long-term economic benefit of the

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