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B-407101 1 (2012-11-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpdd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: CISGi File: B-407101 Date: November 6, 2012 Michele Dyson for the protester. Benjamin Klein, Esq., National Science Foundation, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester's challenge of agency's evaluation is denied where record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with terms of solicitation. DECISION CISGi, of Rockville, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to World Technology Evaluation Center, Inc. (WTEC) of Baltimore, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. DACS1 1 P2187, issued by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for support services for the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO). The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal.' 1 CISGi also generally asserted, without any factual or legal support, that the agency had improperly favored WTEC in making the award decision. This allegation did not state a valid basis for protest. See 4 C.F.R. §§ 21.1(c)(4), 21.5(f) (2012). For the first time in its comments on the agency report responding to the protest, the protester asserted that the agency had favored WTEC because, at its debriefing, the protester was allegedly told by agency personnel that WTEC was considered to be the only reliable source. This particular argument is untimely and will not be considered since it was not filed within 10 days of the debriefing. See 4 C.F.R. § 21.2(a)(2). CISGi also, for the first time in its comments, argued that WTEC should have been excluded from the competition due to an impermissible conflict of interest. In this regard, CISGi cites the fact that WTEC has been the incumbent contractor (and more recently an interim sole-source contractor) supporting the NNI for an extended period. This contention is also untimely, since it was first raised in the protester's comments on the agency report, more than (continued...)

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