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B-402746 1 (2010-07-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbjo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL AL A , GA O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: SNAP, Inc. File: B-402746 Date: July 16, 2010 Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., Timothy Sullivan, Esq., and Scott F. Lane, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for the protester. Dennis Adelson, Esq., Virginia Ackerman, Esq., and Herman J. Narcho, Esq., Department of Labor, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly rejected proposal that included identifying information, where solicitation explicitly required that all identifying information be redacted from proposals. DECISION SNAP, Inc., of Chantilly, Virginia, protests the rejection of its proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. DOLl 10RP20829, issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) for automated data processing and related services at DOL's Employment Training Administration (ETA), Office of Unemployment Insurance (OUI). We deny the protest. The solicitation, a section 8(a) set-aside, contemplated the award of a time-and- materials/labor-hour contract for a base year, with four 1-year options. RFP at L-1, F-i. The successful offeror was to be determined based on a best value evaluation of initial proposals. RFP at M-1. Because some members of the technical evaluation panel (TEP) were former employees of the contractors and subcontractors competing for award, the agency structured the procurement to insure anonymity of offerors, in order to achieve an unbiased evaluation. Agency Report (AR) at 2. Specifically, offerors were required to submit one original and three redacted copies of their technical proposals. RFP at L-3. The solicitation, at section L.6, stated that the redacted copies shall not contain the name of the offeror's company, logos,

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