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B-411168 1 (2015-06-04)

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        G     A    O                                                  Comptroller General
      Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability                          of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



         Decision


         Matter of:   Ryan P. Slaughter

         File:        B-411168

         Date:       June 4, 2015

         Ryan P. Slaughter, the protester.
         Michael G. McCormack, Esq., Department of the Air Force, 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 improperly eliminated protester's proposal from the competitive range
         where the agency established its competitive range without considering prices and
         improperly excluded the protester's proposal from the competition solely on the
         basis of its unknown confidence rating.
         DECISION

         Ryan P. Slaughter' protests the elimination of its proposal from the competition
         under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA4418-14-R-001 2, issued by the
         Department of the Air Force, for grounds maintenance services. The protester
         contends that its exclusion from the competitive range was the result of an improper
         evaluation.

         We sustain the protest.

         BACKGROUND

         The RFP, issued as a commercial item Historically Underutilized Business Zone
         (HUBZone) small business set-aside, provided for the award of a fixed-price

         1 The protest and proposal were submitted by Ryan P. Slaughter; the Air Force
         used the names Appalachian American Consulting and AA Consulting for the
         protester in its evaluation documents. For the sake of consistency, we use Ryan P.
         Slaughter in this decision.

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