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B-412521.2,B-412521.3,B-412521.4 1 (2018-01-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadugw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.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 redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Trans Digital Technologies, LLC File: B-412521.2; B-412521.3; B-412521.4 Date: January 17, 2018 Damien C. Specht, Esq., Ethan E. Marsh, Esq., and James A. Tucker, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for the protester. Richard P. Rector, Esq., Dawn E. Stern, Esq., and Ethan M. Brown, Esq., DLA Piper LLP-US, for Integral Consulting Services, Inc., the intervenor. Tudo N. Pham, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the evaluation of proposals and the best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the record shows that the evaluation and tradeoff were reasonable and in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. 2. Protest that the agency engaged in misleading discussions is denied where the record shows that while the agency did not inform the protester of its true concern, the protester has not shown the reasonable possibility that it was prejudiced by the error. DECISION Trans Digital Technologies, LLC (TDT), of Washington, District of Columbia, protests the award of a contract to Integral Consulting Services, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, by the Department of State (DOS) under request for proposals (RFP) No. SAQMMA-14-R- 0203 for next generation passport personalization printers and associated services. TDT challenges the evaluation of proposals under various non-price factors, the best value tradeoff decision and argues the agency engaged in misleading discussions. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on July 29, 2014, sought proposals for next generation passport personalization printers and associated services. On November 30, 2015, the agency

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