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B-412703.2,B-412703.3 1 (2016-08-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsnx0001 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 Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: New Directions Technologies, Inc. File: B-412703.2; B-412703.3 Date: August 18, 2016 William L. Walsh, Jr., Esq., KeirX. Bancroft, Esq., Nathaniel S. Canfield, Esq., and Michael T. Francel, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. Thomas K. David, Esq., Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., and Katherine A. David, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for All Points Logistics, LLC, an intervenor. Karen M. Reilley, Esq., and Jerry L. Seemann, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency treated the protester and awardee unequally by communicating with the awardee after discussions but not the protester is denied where the record reflects that the agency's communication with the awardee was a clarification and that the protester introduced defects into its proposal after discussions that could not have been addressed without reopening discussions. 2. Protest challenging the source selection authority's (SSA) conclusion that the protester's and awardee's proposals were of equal merit under a technical subfactor even though the protester's proposal was assessed an additional significant strength is denied where the record reflects the SSA considered the underlying evaluation findings and concluded that various factors, including a specific aspect of the awardee's approach, rendered the proposals technically equal. DECISION New Directions Technologies, Inc., of Ridgecrest, California, protests the award of a contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to All Points Logistics, LLC, of Huntsville, Alabama, under request for proposals (RFP) No. NNM14494731 R for information technology (IT) services to be provided at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, in Huntsville, Alabama, the National Space Science and Technology Center, also in Huntsville, and the Michoud Assembly Facility, in New Orleans, Louisiana. New Directions alleges that the

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