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B-310747.4 1 (2009-01-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadatb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: li AL AL, G A Comptroller General .Accuntabiity * 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 is io n ........................................................... Matter of: ViroMed Laboratories, Inc. File: B-310747.4 Date: January 22, 2009 David H. Laufman, Esq., Joanna Baden-Mayer, Esq., and Elizabeth C. Scanlan, Esq., Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, for the protester. Karen R. Harbaugh, Esq., and Robert E. Gregg, Esq., Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP, for the intervenor. Diane-Marie Carrero, Esq., Naval Supply Systems Command, for the agency. Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Consideration of innovations and/or creative approaches in proposals' responses to solicitation requirements did not constitute reliance on an unstated evaluation criterion where solicitation provided for relative weighting of evaluation factors in the evaluation rather than review for acceptability alone. 2. Protest that price/technical tradeoff was improperly based on price where technical factors were to be more important than price is denied where the record shows that the contracting officer reasonably determined that the price premium associated with the higher-rated proposal was not warranted, given the level of technical competence available at the lower price. 3. Protest that the source selection decision failed to consider the full range of the protester's technical capabilities is denied where the record shows that the contracting officer conducted a comprehensive review of the technical proposals that supported the stated evaluation conclusions. DECISION ViroMed Laboratories, Inc., of Minnetonka, Minnesota, the incumbent contractor, protests the award of a contract to Center for Disease Detection, LLC (CDD), of San Antonio, Texas, by the Department of the Navy under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00189-07-R-ZO27, for HIV testing services.

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