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B-408379 1 (2013-07-19)

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          SG    A    O                                                  Comptroller General
Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                                of the United States
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548



           Decision


           Matter of: Compuline International, Inc.

           File:       B-408379

           Date:       July 19, 2013

           Gadema K. Quoqoui, for the protester.
           R. Rene Dupuy, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the
           agency.
           Sasan J. Najmi and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
           participated in the preparation of the decision.
           DIGEST

           Agency reasonably rejected a proposal that failed to comply with requirements of a
           solicitation.
           DECISION

           Compuline International, Inc. (Compuline) protests the rejection of its proposal by
           the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), under Request for
           Proposals (RFP) No. SOL-624-12-000005, for expert technical assistance and
           services for the implementation of USAID/West Africa's Trade Hub and African
           Partners Network Project. Compuline argues that its proposal provided the best
           value, and that USAID violated the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and failed
           to evaluate its proposal pursuant to the RFP.

           We deny the protest.

           On August 16, 2012, USAID issued the RFP for the implementation of USAID/West
           Africa's Trade Hub and African Partners Network (Trade Hub Network) Project.
           RFP at 1. Offerors were to develop proposals to assist a network of West Africa's
           farmers and firms, through their associations and alliances, to increase international
           trade in staple foods within the region, and trade in value-added products to the
           world, in particular the United States. Id. at 12. The selected contractor was to
           provide expert and technical assistance for the implementation of the Trade Hub
           Network Project. Id. at 16.

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