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B-414596,B-414596.2,B-414596.3 1 (2017-07-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtsd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. Matter of: YWCA of Greater Los Angeles File: B-414596; B-414596.2; B-414596.3 Date: July 24, 2017 Amy L. O'Sullivan, Esq., Angela B. Styles, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., and Monica R. Sterling, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester. Alex P. Hontos, Esq., and Phil Steger, Esq., Dorsey & Whitney LLP, for Management and Training Corporation, the intervenor. Vijaya S. Surampudi, Esq., and Dennis A. Adelson, Esq., Department of Labor, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency held unequal discussions in a best-value procurement is sustained where the record shows that prior to the source selection decision, the agency engaged in a second round of discussions with only the awardee and allowed only the awardee to submit a final proposal modification. DECISION YWCA of Greater Los Angeles, of Los Angeles, California, challenges the award of a contract to Management and Training Corporation (MTC), of Centerville, Utah, under request for proposals (RFP) No. DOL-ETA-16-R-00007, issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) for the operation of a Job Corps center in Los Angeles. YWCA contends that the agency engaged in unequal discussions, and challenges the evaluation of proposals. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND Job Corps is a national residential training and employment program administered by DOL to address barriers to employment faced by disadvantaged youth throughout the United States. RFP at 7. The program provides comprehensive career development services to students including academic, career technical, career success and

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