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B-409933 1 (2014-09-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqpk0001 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: DMS International File: B-409933 Date: September 19, 2014 Pamela J. Mazza, Esq., Kathryn V. Flood, Esq., Megan C. Connor, Esq., and Kimi N. Murakami, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for the protester. Michael J. Gardner, Esq.,Troutman Sanders LLP, for Linxx Global Solutions, Inc., the intervenor. James P. Winthrop, Esq., Department of the Navy, 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 is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation of proposals and best-value tradeoff analysis were reasonable. 2. Protest is dismissed where protester is not an interested party to challenge the award of the contract because, even if successful on the remaining issues raised, the firm is not in line for award. DECISION DMS International, of Silver Spring, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to Linxx Global Solutions, Inc., of Virginia Beach, Virginia, by the Department of the Navy under request for proposals (RFP) No. N001 89-14-R-0021 for training instructional support. DMS challenges the agency's evaluation of the proposals under the non-price factors and the agency's best-value tradeoff decision. We deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on March 10, 2014, solicited offers to provide riverine training instructional support services for Navy personnel at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. RFP at 3-8. The RFP anticipated the award of a fixed-price contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal represented the best value, after evaluation of

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