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B-402296.7,B-402296.9 1 (2010-10-07)

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         G     A    0                                                 Comptroller General
       Accountability * 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:  Patry Family Realty, Inc.

          File:       B-402296.7; B-402296.9

          Date:       October 7, 2010

          Andrew J. Mohr, Esq., and William J. Bainbridge, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for the
          protester.
          Blythe I. Rodgers, Esq., Todd P. Maiberger, Esq., and Patrick W. Simien, Esq.,
          Department of Housing and Urban Development, for the agency.
          Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest that agency misevaluated protester's proposal as unacceptable is denied,
          where the agency's evaluation of the proposal was consistent with the evaluation
          criteria and the assessment of a significant weakness for key personnel and a
          deficiency for transition was reasonable.
          DECISION

          Patry Family Realty, Inc., of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, a small business, protests
          the award of multiple contracts by the Department of Housing and Urban
          Development  (HUD) under request for proposals (RFP) No. R-OPC-23447 for
          residential property management services. Patry argues that HUD misevaluated the
          firm's proposal.

          We deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          HUD  issued the RFP on September 16, 2009, seeking proposals to manage
          residential properties located in 10 geographic areas that are administered through
          four homeownership  centers (HOC). RFP attach. 1. The properties consist of
          single-family homes that were covered by Federal Housing Administration financing,
          and that have been conveyed to HUD by lenders following foreclosure, pursuant to
          the terms of the single-family mortgage insurance program. Agency Report (AR)
          at 1. In order to manage the resulting inventory of single-family homes until they can

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