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B-403634 1 (2010-11-23)

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         G     A     0                                                Comptroller General
KWn ,  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: The  QED  Group, LLC

          File:       B-403634

          Date:       November   23, 2010

          Keith R. Malley, Esq., Keith R. Malley, PC; and Richard L. Moorhouse, Esq., and
          William M. Jack, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, for the protester.
          R. Rene Dupuy, Esq., Agency for International Development, for the agency.
          Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Agency reasonably excluded protester's proposal from the competitive range, where
          the agency found that protester's proposal, which had significant weaknesses and a
          deficiency, was not among the most highly rated offers.
          DECISION

          The QED  Group, LLC, of Washington, D.C., protests the exclusion of its proposal
          from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. M-OAA-DCHA-
          DOFDA-09-567,  issued by the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
          for analytical services.

          We deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          The RFP, issued on May 22, 2009, provided for the award of approximately four
          indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts for analytical services and support
          for the design and implementation of USAID-funded democracy and governance
          (DG) strategies and programs. Offerors were informed that two of these contracts
          were set aside for small businesses. RFP § L.6(a).



          1 The agency reserved the right to award more or fewer than four contracts. RFP
          § L.6(a).

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