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B-415201.2,B-415201.3 1 (2018-04-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadusi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO 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 redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Priority One Services, Inc. File: B-415201.2; B-415201.3 Date: April 13, 2018 Barbara S. Kinosky, Esq., Tyler J. Freiberger, Esq., David R. Warner, Esq., and Heather B. Mims, Esq., Centre Law and Consulting, LLC, for the protester. Michael L. Sterling, Esq., Anthony J. Mazzeo, Esq., and Blake R. Christopher, Esq., Vandeventer Black LLP, for The Bionetics Corporation, the intervenor. Jonathan A. Baker, Esq., and Christopher M. Johnson, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency unreasonably evaluated protester's technical proposal and past performance is denied where the protester does not challenge the agency's evaluation of its proposal as technically unacceptable for failure to provide a key person with the required certification and the record shows that that evaluation of past performance was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest that agency unreasonably eliminated the protester from the competitive range is denied; an agency may reasonably exclude from the competitive range a proposal evaluated as technically unacceptable. 3. Protest that agency engaged in unequal discussions is denied; an agency may reasonably continue discussions with only the offerors in the competitive range and the protester has not shown how it was prejudiced. DECISION Priority One Services, Inc., of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to The Bionetics Corporation, of Yorktown, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 16-223-SOL-00036, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), for on-site animal care, technical procedures, formulation, and veterinary care services. The protester contends that the agency unreasonably evaluated Priority

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