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B-408203 1 (2013-07-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpqx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A Comptroller General 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: CEdge Software Consultants LLC File: B-408203 Date: July 19, 2013 Ryan K. Manger, Esq., Manger Law LLC, for the protester. S. Lane Tucker, Esq., Stoel Rives LLP, for Vista Technical Services, LLC, the intervenor. Capt. George P. Farley, Department of the Army, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's decision not to select protester's proposal for award is denied, where the proposal was reasonably evaluated as having weaknesses, discussions were not misleading, and the best value award decision was reasonable. DECISION CEdge Software Consultants LLC of St. Louis, Missouri, protests the award of a contract to Vista Technical Services, LLC (VTS) of Anchorage, Alaska, by the Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, IL, under request for proposals (RFP) W52P1 J- 13-R-5003, for information technology (IT) services. CEdge argues that the agency misevaluated its proposal, utilized unstated evaluation factors that favored the awardee, held misleading discussions, and made an unreasonable best value award decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on November 27, 2012, as a competitive 8(a) set-aside, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for IT services in support of the Joint Munitions Command (JMC) located at Rock Island, Illinois. The solicitation requirements, which were set forth in a performance work statement (PWS), covered a wide range of services including: conference room support, hand receipt

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