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B-409831 1 (2014-07-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqnu0001 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: Bannum, Inc. File: B-409831 Date: July 30, 2014 Nancy M. Camardo, Esq., Justin T. Huffman, Esq., and Joseph A. Camardo, Jr., Esq., Camardo Law Firm, PC, for the protester. Daniel S. Herzfeld, Esq., Alex D. Tomaszczuk, Esq, and Meghan Doherty, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Dismas Charities, Inc., the intervenor. William Robinson, Esq., and Seth Bogin, Esq., Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, for the agency. Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest alleging that the agency held unequal discussions concerning price is denied where it is inherently within an agency's discretion to inform an offeror during discussions that its price appears to be high in comparison to other offeror's proposed prices, and where the discussions were reasonably and properly tailored to address the concerns associated with each firm's proposal. 2. Protest challenging contracting officer's affirmative determination of responsibility is dismissed where the assertion on which the protest is based does not constitute the type of allegation that triggers Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of affirmative responsibility determinations under GAO's Bid Protest Regulations. DECISION Bannum, Inc., of Odessa, Florida, protests the award of a contract to Dismas Charities, Inc., of Louisville, Kentucky, by the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), under request for proposals No. 200-1212-CS, for residential reentry center services in Nashville, Tennessee. Bannum asserts that

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