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B-413313,B-413313.2 1 (2016-09-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsta0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 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 been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Global Dynamics, LLC File: B-413313; B-413313.2 Date: September 20, 2016 Edward J. Tolchin, Esq., Offit Kurman Attorneys at Law, for the protester. Isaias Cy Alba IV, Esq., Michelle E. Litteken, Esq., Jacqueline K. Unger, Esq., and Megan C. Connor, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for Loyal Source Government Services LLC, the intervenor. Capt. Harry M. Parent, and Robert B. Neill, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Paula J. Haurilesko, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency misled protester into raising its prices during discussions is denied where the agency merely advised the firm that its prices were lower than those of other offerors and asked the firm to review its prices. 2. Protest that agency erred in its tradeoff decision by failing to value the protester's sole assessed strength is denied where the record shows the source selection authority acknowledged the strength but concluded it did not merit a price premium. DECISION Global Dynamics, LLC, of Columbia, Maryland, protests the decision by the Department of the Army not to award it a contract under request for proposals (RFP) No. W81 K04-14-R-0001, for ancillary medical services. Global Dynamics maintains that the Army engaged in misleading discussions and improperly evaluated proposals in making the tradeoff decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, set-aside for small business concerns, contemplated the award of multiple indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contracts for ancillary medical

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