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B-405737 1 (2011-12-28)

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A          G    A     0                                                  Comptroller General
,       Accountability - Integrity * Reliability                          of the United States
  U n ited  S ta tes  G ov ern m e n t  A cco u n tab ility  O ffice  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  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
           D    cision                                ..approved for public release.



           Matter of. Analytic Services, Inc.

           File:        B-405737

           Date:        December 28, 2011

           Pamela J. Mazza, Esq., Isaias Cy Alba, IV, Esq., and Kathryn V. Flood, Esq.,
           PilieroMazza PLLC, for the protester.
           Richard L. Moorhouse, Esq., and William M. Jack, Esq., Greenberg Traurig LLP,
           for CENTRA Technology, Inc., the intervenor.
           Karen J. Kinlin, Esq., Defense Threat Reduction Agency, for the agency.
           Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
           GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
           DIGEST

           1. Protest that agency misevaluated protester's proposal is denied where record
           reasonably supports evaluation and protester's arguments reflect mere disagreement
           with agency judgments.

           2. Agency was not required to attempt to remedy proposal deficiencies through
           clarifications or discussions because deficiencies rendered proposal materially
           deficient and major revisions and additions would be required to make it acceptable.

           3. Protest challenging cost/technical tradeoff decision is denied where no tradeoff
           was required because protester's proposal was technically unacceptable and could
           not form basis for award.
           DECISION

           Analytic Services, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, protests the award of a contract by the
           Defense Threat Reduction Agency to CENTRA Technology, Inc., of Burlington,
           Massachusetts, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HDTRA1-11-R-0017 for
           advisory and assistance services in support of the agency's mission to safeguard the
           United States and its allies from weapons of mass destruction. Analytic asserts that
           the agency's evaluation of the firm's proposal was unreasonable and that the agency
           improperly failed to perform a cost/technical tradeoff analysis.


We deny the protest.

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