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B-406620.3,B-406620.4 1 (2012-11-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpic0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller 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: Next Tier Concepts, Inc. File: B-406620.3; B-406620.4 Date: November 13, 2012 Donald J. Walsh, Esq., Offit Kurman, for the protester. Bradley D. Wine, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for Emagine IT, Inc., an intervenor. Heather M. Self, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that debriefing after initial award became discussions which were required to be meaningful when the agency took corrective action and accepted revised quotations is denied. 2. Protest that awardee gained an unfair advantage when it hired a former government employee is denied where the record contains no hard facts to demonstrate that the former government employee had access to inside information or assisted the awardee in preparing its quotation. DECISION Next Tier Concepts, Inc., of Vienna, Virginia, protests the Department of Agriculture's issuance of a delivery order to Emagine IT, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. AG-3144-S-1 2-0007-000002, for support services for the National Resources Conservation Service-Office of the Chief Information Officer (NRCS-OCIO). Next Tier asserts that the agency failed to provide it with meaningful discussions and unreasonably evaluated its proposal. Next Tier also complains that Emagine gained an unfair competitive advantage through hiring a former government employee. We deny the protest.

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