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B-410622 1 (2014-12-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqwd0001 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: Interfor US, Inc. File: B-410622 Date: December 30, 2014 Julie Weis, Esq., and Michael Haglund, Esq., Haglund Kelley LLP, for the protester. Lori Polin Jones, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency improperly evaluated proposals utilizing an unstated evaluation criterion is denied where the allegedly unstated criterion was reasonably encompassed by the solicitation's evaluation scheme. 2. Protest that the agency improperly evaluated the awardee's proposal as technically acceptable is denied where the agency either evaluated proposals in a manner consistent with the solicitation or otherwise similarly did not require strict compliance from the protester. DECISION Interfor U.S., Inc., of Gilchrist, Oregon, challenges the award of a contract to Scott Logging, Inc., of La Pine, Oregon, by the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, under the solicitation for the Yen Stewardship Integrated Resource Timber Contract (agency file code 2430/2450). Interfor alleges that the agency's technical evaluation was flawed. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On August 1, 2014, the Forest Service issued a letter to prospective offerors soliciting proposals for the Yen Stewardship Integrated Resource Timber Contract. Agency Report (AR), Tab 1.2, Agency Letter to Prospective Offerors (Aug. 1, 2014). The contract will require the awardee to remove timber and complete two mandatory service projects meant to improve ecological conditions within the

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