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B-409331.2,B-409331.3,B-409331.4 1 (2014-03-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqgg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability 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. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Heritage Reporting Corporation File: B-409331.2; B-409331.3; B-409331.4 Date: March 26, 2014 John E. McCarthy Jr., Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., and Mary M. Gilbert, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester. Ronald Henry, Esq., Robert Wagman Jr., Esq., and David Hibey, Esq., Kaye Scholer LLP, for Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc., the intervenor. Clara Kuehn, Esq., Courtney S. McNamara, Esq., and Paul Bardos, Esq., United States International Trade Commission, for the agency. Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Jennifer Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest concerning agency's use of point scores is denied where the record demonstrates that the award decision was based on consideration of the qualitative differences between the proposals and not the point scores. 2. Protest alleging an unequal evaluation of proposals is denied where protester's proposal contained an additional error supporting the agency's less favorable evaluation as compared to the awardee. 3. Protester is not prejudiced by agency's failure to review a specific weakness during discussions where protester's final revised proposal contained multiple unrelated deficiencies, which were considered the discriminators in the award decision. DECISION Heritage Reporting Corporation, of Washington, D.C., protests the award of a contract to Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc., of Washington, D.C., by the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. ITC-RFP-12-0006, for court reporter and transcription services. The protester challenges the ITC's evaluation of proposals and argues that the agency conducted unequal discussions.

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