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B-403385.3,B-403385.4,B-403385.5 1 (2010-12-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoxo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A 0 Comptroller General , 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. D e c i s i o n ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matter of: Four Horsemen International File: B-403385.3; B-403385.4; B-403385.5 Date: December 17, 2010 Robert H. Koehler, Esq., and Elizabeth Gill, Esq., Patton Boggs LLP, for the protester. J. Michael Littlejohn, Esq., SOC LLC; and Steven M. Masiello, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, for the intervenor. Debra J. Talley, Esq., and Leslie A. Nepper, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Paula J. Haurilesko, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Rejection of the protester's proposal following discussions was reasonable where the protester's final proposal revision offered contingent pricing for contract line items for which fixed prices were solicited. DECISION Four Horsemen International (FHI), of Arlington, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to SOC LLC, of Minden, Nevada, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W52P1J-10-R-0139, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Materiel Command, for mail service in Afghanistan. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on May 29, 2010, contemplated the award of a contract with fixed-unit-price and cost reimbursable contract line items (CLINs) for mail service to Afghanistan for a base year and 4 option years.' RFP at 1, 2. The RFP provided that 'All CLINs, with the exception of a CLIN for Defense Base Act (DBA) insurance, requested fixed-unit prices. The DBA insurance CLIN was on a cost reimbursement basis. RFP at 47.

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