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B-408638 1 (2013-11-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpvx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Peridot Solutions, LLC File: B-408638 Date: November 6, 2013 Ranapratap Chegu, Peridot Solutions, LLC, for the protester. Devon E. Hewitt, Esq., Protorae Law PLLC, for Global Tech, Inc. d/b/a eGlobalTech, the intervenor. Todd E. Davis, Esq., and Brian M. Stanford, Esq., Department of Education, for the agency. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency conducted unequal discussions with protester and awardee regarding pricing is denied where record shows that agency found protester's initial pricing to be reasonable but found awardee's initial pricing to be unreasonably high. DECISION Peridot Solutions, LLC, of Tysons Corner, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Global Tech, Inc. d/b/a eGlobalTech, of Arlington, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. ED-CIO-1 3-Q-0004 issued by the Department of Education for services in support of the agency's Information Technology Investment Management and Enterprise Architecture programs. Peridot asserts that the agency conducted discussions unequally with regard to pricing. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The solicitation, which the agency issued on March 5, 2013, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract with a base period of 8 months and four 1-year option periods. RFP at 1, 3-4, 40. Award was to be made to the offeror whose proposal was determined to represent the best value to the government, considering price, five technical factors, and past performance. Id. at 40-42. The solicitation advised that the technical factors were of equal importance to the past

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