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B-407996.5,B-407996.6,B-407996.7 1 (2015-01-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqyn0001 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 Decision dfor release. Matter of: Bart & Associates, Inc. File: B-407996.5; B-407996.6; B-407996.7 Date: January 5, 2015 David S. Cohen, Esq., Norah D. Molnar, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., Gabriel E. Kennon, Esq., Amy J. Spencer, Esq., and Daniel Strouse, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for Bart & Associates, Inc., the protester. Daniel R. Forman, Esq., John E. McCarthy Jr., Esq., Jonathan M. Baker, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., Olivia L. Lynch, Esq., and Robert J. Sneckenberg, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Inc., an intervenor. Christian M. Butler, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., Jared D. Minsk, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency failed to engage in meaningful and equal discussions with protester is denied where record shows that the agency's multiple rounds of discussions adequately led offeror into all areas requiring revision. 2. Protest challenging agency's cost realism evaluation is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency's conclusions were reasonable. 3. Protest challenging the agency's technical evaluation is denied where record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria. DECISION Bart & Associates, Inc., of McLean, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Inc. (Northrop), of Herndon, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HSBP1012ROO26, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), for software application development, modernization, enhancement, and operations and maintenance services for CBP's Passenger Systems Program Directorate (PSPD).

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