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B-407422 1 (2012-11-13)

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          G    A    o                                                 Comptroller General
Acc      ou'tabiii * intgrty , ReiiabiIkty                            of the United States
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of:   Bernardo Technical Services, Inc.

          File:        B-407422

          Date:     November 13, 2012

          Laura Barish, for the protester.
          Lisa L. Baker, Esq., United States Marine Corps, for the agency.
          Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest that agency's best value trade off was unreasonable is denied where there
          is no merit to the protester's assertion that the best value to the government could
          be determined by an algebraic formula.
          DECISION

          Bernardo Technical Services, Inc. (BTSI), of San Diego, California, protests the
          award of a contract to Gemini 3 Group, Inc. (Gemini 3), of Stafford, Virginia, by the
          U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Corps System Command, under request for proposals
          (RFP) No. M67854-12-R-0510 for technical, analytical, and programmatic support.
          The protester asserts that the agency's best value tradeoff was unreasonable.

          We deny the protest.

          As relevant to this protest, the RFP advised all offerors that award would be made
          to the firm whose proposal was determined to offer the best value to the agency,
          considering technical, past performance, and price. RFP at unnumbered page 11.
          Technical and past performance, when combined, were equal to price. Id. at
          unnumbered page 13.

          The agency received proposals from five offerors, including the protester and the
          awardee. The table below summarizes the agency's evaluation of BTSI's and
          Gemini 3's proposals.

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