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B-414621 1 (2017-07-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduaz0001 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 Decision 1The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Family Health International File: B-414621 Date: July 28, 2017 James K. Kearney, Esq., Gary H. Nunes, Esq., and Joshua L. Rodman, Esq., Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, for the protester. Jason A. Carey, Esq., Andrew R. Guy, Esq., and Michael T. Wagner, Esq., Covington & Burling, LLP, for John Snow, Inc., the intervenor. R. Ren6 Dupuy, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's technical evaluation of proposals is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria. DECISION Family Health International, of Durham, North Carolina, protests the award of a contract to John Snow, Inc. (JSI), of Boston, Massachusetts, under request for proposals (RFP) No. SOL-611-16-000001, issued by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for services in support of the Supporting an AIDS-FREE ERA (SAFE) program in the Republic of Zambia. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of technical proposals and award decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On January 7, 2016, USAID issued the RFP seeking services in support of its mission to support the SAFE program' in Zambia. RFP at 1-2. The solicitation anticipated the 1 The SAFE program is funded under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has the goal of achieving an AIDS-free generation worldwide, (continued...)

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