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B-405145,B-405145.2 1 (2011-09-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbxz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC REEASE 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 Bionetics Corporation File: B-405145; B-405145.2 Date: September 2, 2011 Michael L. Sterling, Esq., and William M. Dozier, Esq., Vandeventer Black LLP, for the protester. Mogbeyi E. Omatete, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the evaluation of offerors' past performance, technical proposals, and price is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria. 2. Protest that agency failed to hold equal and meaningful discussions with protester is denied where the protester has not shown that it was prejudiced as a result. DECISION The Bionetics Corporation, of Yorktown, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Priority One Services, Inc., of Alexandria, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 11 -223-SOL-00006, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for services for animal care, diet preparation, and veterinary care for the animal population housed at the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR). Bionetics challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal under the technical, past performance, and price factors. Bionetics also argues and maintains that the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions. We deny the protest.

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