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B-407377,B-407377.2 1 (2012-12-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpgl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ji G A Comptroller General c ity * Integrity * Rellability 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: Optimization Consulting, Inc. File: B-407377; B-407377.2 Date: December 28, 2012 Theodore P. Watson, Esq., and Idris S. Keith, Esq., Watson & Associates, LLC, for the protester. Capt. Nicholes Dembinski, Department of the Army, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST An agency reasonably excluded the protester's proposal from the competitive range where the proposal was not among the most highly-rated, given that the protester's significantly higher-priced proposal offered no technical advantages. DECISION Optimization Consulting, Inc., of Washington, D.C., protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. W9133L-1 2-R-0024, issued by the Department of the Army for psychological health support services for the National Guard Bureau. Optimization challenges the agency's evaluation of its price and technical proposals. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as a small business set-aside, provided for the award of multiple, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, with fixed-price, labor hour, and cost reimbursement items, for mental health support services for a 3-year base period and a 2-year option period. RFP at 2-3. A detailed performance work statement (PWS) was provided that described the required services. In this respect, the contractor will provide a broad range of mental health services, including, among other things, counseling, case management, and guidance to support the Army and Air National Guard's (ARNG and ANG, respectively) deployment readiness and reservists' post-deployment readjustment to civilian life. See RFP amend. 3, PWS

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