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B-292649.3,B-292649.4 1 (2003-12-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyua0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General ........ inAccountability * 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. Decision Matter of: Cygnus Corporation, Inc. File: B-292649.3; B-292649.4 Date: December 30, 2003 Hilary S. Cairnie, Esq., and Melissa M. Nichols, Esq., Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, for the protester. Harvey G. Sherzer, Esq., Scott Arnold, Esq., Tara M. Newmyer, Esq., and Justin A. Chiarodo, Esq., Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, for The Hill Group, an intervenor. Michael Colvin, Department of Health & Human Services, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Discussions with protester were not meaningful, and protest therefore is sustained, where agency (1) failed to advise protester of significant weaknesses in its proposal, and (2) conducted misleading discussions concerning other weaknesses or deficiencies by advising protester prior to submission of final proposal revisions that agreement had been achieved as to all technical and cost issues raised during negotiations when in fact the agency's concerns had not been resolved. DECISION Cygnus Corporation protests the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Health's (NIH), award of a contract to The Hill Group (THG), under request for proposals (RFP) No. RFP-NIH-NIDDK-02-02, for support services for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Cygnus challenges the evaluation of proposals and asserts that the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions. We sustain the protest. The RFP, issued February 21, 2002, contemplated award of a cost-reimbursement contract, with a period of 7 years, for support of NIDDK-sponsored scientific meetings, conferences and workshops, meetings of NIDDK strategic planning groups, and meetings of interagency coordinating committees coordinated and

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