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B-407964.4 1 (2013-08-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpsg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SG A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: KAES Enterprises, LLC File: B-407964.4 Date: August 21, 2013 Christopher Kaes, for the protester. KalMarie Rawald, Esq., Federal Emergency Management Agency, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the evaluation of protester's proposal under the technical approach and understanding factor is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest alleging bias and bad faith on the part of the agency is denied where the protester has not supported the allegations with convincing proof and the record does not evidence bias or bad faith. DECISION KAES Enterprises, LLC, of Puyallup, Washington, protests its exclusion from the competitive range, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HSFE70-13-R-0005, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for generator maintenance services. KAES contends that FEMA unreasonably excluded its proposal from the competitive range and that the agency's evaluation evidenced bias against KAES and bad faith on the part of the agency. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB), provided for the award of a fixed-price contract for generator

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