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B-404042,B-404042.2 1 (2010-12-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbqk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: iL G A O Comptroller General Accuntabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Governm ent Accountability Office ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: DPK Consulting File: B-404042; B-404042.2 Date: December 29, 2010 Roy Goldberg, Esq., Jessica M. Madon, Esq., and Bethany L. Hengsbach, Esq., Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, for the protester. Eric J. Marcotte, Esq., William Y. Durbin, Esq., and Bryant E. Gardner, Esq., Winston & Strawn LLP, for Chemonics International, Inc., the intervenor. Sarah G. Rapawy, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably did not evaluate portions of the protester's revised proposal that did not comply with the format and page limit instructions. 2. Challenge to agency's evaluation of key personnel is denied where the agency reasonably distinguished between the experience of the awardee's and protester's proposed candidates. DECISION DPK Consulting, of San Francisco, California, protests the issuance of a task order to Chemonics International, Inc., of Washington, D.C., under request for task order proposals (RFTOP) No. 294-2010-114, issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), for the Palestinian Justice Enhancement Program (PJEP). DPK argues that the agency failed to reasonably evaluate its revised proposal, failed to evaluate offerors' proposals for cost realism, and failed to make a reasonable selection decision. 'Although the solicitation anticipated award of a task order under an indefinite- delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the solicitation stated that it sought proposals and that term is used repeatedly throughout the solicitation and the procurement record. The solicitation contemplated an evaluation and source selection scheme (continued...)

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