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B-409586.2 1 (2014-08-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqpc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General r Accountablity * 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: Bonner Analytical Testing Co. File: B-409586.2 Date: August 7, 2014 Laurence Schor, Esq., and David A. Edelstein, Esq., Asmar, Schor & McKenna, PLLC, for the protester. Sara McGraw, Esq., Environmental Protection Agency, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's evaluation methodology was not improper where the methodology provided a rational basis for source selection and was consistent with the evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation. DECISION Bonner Analytical Testing Company, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, protests the disqualification of its proposal from consideration for award of a Superfund organics methods contract under request for proposals (RFP) No. SOL-HQ-12-00032, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The protester's proposal was disqualified for failing to achieve a passing score on a pre-award performance evaluation sample (PA-PES) analysis. Bonner argues that the agency's methodology for evaluating offerors' sample analyses was flawed and was improperly based on an unstated evaluation criterion. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, which was issued on November 21, 2013, anticipated the award of multiple indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts for analytical testing services in support of the investigation and clean-up activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986. The data generated from the testing is to be used for a variety of purposes, including assessing the nature

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