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B-409713.2 1 (2014-10-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqrb0001 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: Goldbelt Specialty Services, LLC File: B-409713.2 Date: October 15, 2014 Robert E. Korroch, Esq., Williams Mullen, for the protester. Debra Talley, Esq., U.S. Army Materiel Command, for the agency. Gary R. Allen, Esq., and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging an agency's right to open discussions and request revised proposals as corrective action in response to Government Accountability Office protest is denied where the solicitation expressly reserved the agency's right to conduct discussions, and discussions were an appropriate means to address the agency's concerns. DECISION Goldbelt Specialty Services, LLC, of Herndon, Virginia, protests the corrective action being taken by the Department of the Army in connection with a protest Goldbelt filed challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals and award to Solution One Industries, Ltd., for motor vehicle operations and maintenance services at the Corpus Christi Army Depot under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912NW-14-R-0001. Goldbelt argues that the proposed corrective action will change the evaluation ground rules and favor Solution One, Inc. over other offerors. We deny the protest. The RFP is set aside for small disadvantaged businesses participating in the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program under NAICS Code 811310--Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance. The RFP provided for the award of a single fixed-price contract for a base year and two option years, to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable offeror. Technical proposals were to be evaluated under the following subfactors:

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