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B-403315,B-403315.2 1 (2010-10-19)

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f~.n! 7 Accountabiity * 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.
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           Matter of:   Business Management  Associates

           File:        B-403315; B-403315.2

           Date:        October 19, 2010

           John R. Tolle, Esq., and Bryan King, Esq., Barton, Baker, Thomas & Tolle, LLP, for
           the protester.
           Karen R. Harbaugh, Esq., and Robert E. Gregg, Esq., Squire Sanders, for Ideation,
           Inc., the intervenor.
           Audrey H. Liebross, Esq., Federal Emergency Management Agency, for the agency.
           Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
           GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
           DIGEST

           Protest challenging the evaluation of proposals is denied, where the agency's
           evaluation was consistent with the terms of the RFP.
           DECISION

           Business Management  Associates, of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the award of a
           contract to Ideation, Inc., of Herndon, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP)
           No. HSFEHQ-10-R-0043,  issued by the Federal Emergency Management  Agency
           (FEMA)  for hazard mitigation training assistance.

           We deny the protest.

           BACKGROUND

           The RFP, issued as a competitive section 8(a) set-aside, provided for the award of an
           indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for a base year and 4 option years,
           under which the agency would issue either fixed-price or cost-plus-fixed-fee task
           orders. RFP at B-2. Offerors were informed that the contractor would provide
           technical assistance to the agency in the development of training materials and
           instruction and with respect to modernizing and streamlining its training activities.

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