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B-412326 1 (2016-01-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadryw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office ........................................................................................................................ Unsigt , Stats Gn ADOCUMENT 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 been approved for public release. Matter of: Western Alternative Corrections, Inc. File: B-412326 Date: January 19, 2016 Hal J. Perloff, Esq., and Thomas Rath, Esq., Husch Blackwell LLP, for the protester. Alex D. Tomaszczuk, Esq., and David B. Dixon, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Dismas Charities, Inc., the intervenor. William D. Robinson, Esq., and Nihar Vora, Esq., Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency unreasonably found the awardee's proposal technically acceptable is denied where record shows that agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Western Alternative Corrections, Inc. (WAC), of Hastings, Nebraska, protests the award of a contract by the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), to Dismas Charities, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. RFP-200-1306-CS for Residential Reentry Center (RRC) services located in Western Nebraska. The protester argues that Dismas' proposal should have been rejected as unacceptable because it failed to provide certain information required by the solicitation, concerning valid proof of zoning, local area concerns, and an environmental checklist. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The solicitation here seeks to obtain RRC services for Western Nebraska. RRC contractors provide services, including employment and residence development, as well as other self-improvement opportunities, to assist federal offenders in becoming law-abiding citizens. Contracting Officer Statement (COS) (Nov. 9,

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