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B-410308 1 (2014-12-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqvd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General ity * Integrity * Rellability 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 version has been approved for public release. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: Avar Consulting, Inc. File: B-410308 Date: December 8, 2014 Theodore P. Watson, Esq., Nicole L. Carter, Esq., Leanna Ajour, Esq., and John M. Scorsine, Esq., Watson & Associates, LLC, for the protester. Steven J. Koprince, Esq., and Amanda M. Wilwert, Esq., Petefish, Immel, Heeb & Hird, LLP, for 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., an intervenor. Bonnie Angermann, Esq., and Erva Cockfield, Esq., U.S. Department of Transportation, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency may properly eliminate revised proposal from the competitive range where the agency reasonably determines that, due to the proposal's high price, the proposal has no reasonable chance of being selected for award. DECISION Avar Consulting, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, protests the elimination of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. DTRT54-14-R- 00300, issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation for transportation data analysis and information technology (IT) support services. Avar argues that the agency failed to conduct its evaluation consistent with the solicitation's stated criteria and that DOT's best-value analysis was improper. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFP as a competitive 8(a) small business set-aside under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15, for support services to help maintain, operate, enhance, and redesign the DOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration's (RITA) IT systems. The solicitation provided for the award of one or more indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity fixed-price contracts for a base year with

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