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B-409450,B-409450.3 1 (2014-05-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqgy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * 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: BNL, Inc. File: B-409450; B-409450.3 Date: May 1, 2014 L. James D'Agostino, Esq. and Ryan C. Bradel, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, for the protester. Kerry A. McGrath, Esq., and Frank V. DiNicola, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal is denied where record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. 2. Protest alleging that agency's evaluation of awardee's proposal was unreasonable because the awardee proposed a drastically reduced labor force or offered grossly underqualified personnel is denied where the proposal, on its face, provides no evidence supporting either allegation. 3. Challenge that awardee's proposal should have been assessed a weakness for not providing details in response to a solicitation requirement is dismissed where the disputed portions of the proposal would not have contained such details, and challenge to the undisclosed portions of awardee's proposal is speculative. DECISION BNL, Inc., of Lovettsville, Virginia, protests the failure of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award the firm a contract under solicitation No. VA 118-13-R-0220, for management, acquisition and financial service support. BNL argues that the agency improperly evaluated its proposal and the proposal of Strategy and Management Services, Inc. (SAMS), of Springfield, Virginia, one of three awardees. We deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part.

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