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B-412027,B-412027.2 1 (2015-12-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrsl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S tate s G o v e rn m e n t A c c o u nta b ility O ff ice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has De is ion been approved for public release. Matter of: Shivoy, Inc. File: B-412027; B-412027.2 Date: December 9, 2015 James C. Fontana, Esq., David B. Dempsey, Esq., and Jeffry R. Cook, Esq., Dempsey Fontana, PLLC, for the protester. David S. Black, Esq., William M. Pannier, Esq., and Elizabeth N. Jochum, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the intervenor. Elizabeth Amato, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal as technically unacceptable and ineligible for award is denied where any ambiguity regarding whether offerors were required to provide copies of certifications for non-key personnel prior to award was patent, rather than latent. 2. Protest alleging that the agency's discussions were misleading is denied where the information giving rise to the evaluated deficiency was first introduced in the protester's revised proposal following discussions. DECISION Shivoy, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, a small business, protests the award of a contract to U.S. Information Technologies Corporation (USIT), of Chantilly, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. SP4701-15-R-0047, which was issued by the Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), for database support services and maintenance. Shivoy challenges DLA's evaluation of its proposal as technically unacceptable and ineligible for award. The protester contends that the agency's evaluation was materially flawed due to a latent ambiguity, introduced by the agency during discussions. Shivoy also asserts that DLA's discussions were misleading. We deny the protest.

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