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B-408290.2 1 (2013-10-23)

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          G     A    O                                                        ,Comptroller General
Acc      ;rtnbillty Inegilty ReiiabiIkty                                  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.
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           Matter of:   AmaTerra Environmental Inc

           File:        B-408290.2

           Date:        October 23, 2013

           Daniel C. McAuliffe, Esq., Reid Law PC, for the protester.
           Michael J. Farr, Esq., Greg Harding, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the
           agency.
           Gary R. Allen, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
           GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
           DIGEST

           1. A protester's post-award challenge to the price evaluation methodology set forth
           in a solicitation is untimely.

           2. In a negotiated procurement that provided for the award of 10 contracts on a
           lowest-price, technically acceptable basis, the protester was not entitled to receive
           an award, where the agency awarded 11 contracts to offerors that were all lower-
           priced than the protester.
           DECISION

           AmaTerra Environmental, Inc., of Austin, Texas, protests the Department of the Air
           Force's failure to award it a contract under request for proposals (RFP) FA8903-12-
           R-8000 for advisory and assistance services (A&AS). AmaTerra challenges the
           agency's price and technical evaluation of its proposal.

           We deny the protest.

           BACKGROUND

           The RFP, issued as a small business set-aside, contemplated the award of 10
           indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts against which fixed-price and cost
           reimbursement task orders could be issued for A&AS. RFP § M.1.3. Offerors were
           informed that awards would be made without conducting discussions on a lowest-
           priced, technically acceptable basis, considering the following factors: technical

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