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B-418217,B-418217.2 1 (2020-01-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeaoy0001 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Education Development Center, Inc. File: B-418217; B-418217.2 Date: January 27, 2020 David S. Black, Esq., and Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester. Devon E. Hewitt, Esq., Michael E. Stamp, Esq., and Scott M. Dinner, Esq., Protorae Law PLLC, for Creative Associates International, the intervenor. Danielle Lindermuth, Esq., and Rachel B. Cochran, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the agency. Joshua R. Gillerman, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency failed to raise significant weaknesses during discussions is denied where the weaknesses were not significant and need not have been raised. 2. Protest that agency disparately evaluated proposals is denied where the difference in ratings stem from differences in the offerors' proposals. DECISION Education Development Center (EDC), Inc., of Waltham, Massachusetts, protests the award of a contract to Creative Associates International (CAI), of Washington, D.C., under request for proposals (RFP) No. 72062318R00004, issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for educational services in Somalia. EDC alleges that the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions and disparately evaluated proposals. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on November 16, 2018, contemplated the award of a cost-plus-fixed- fee contract for services to increase access to quality education for out-of-school children and youth in Somalia. Agency Report (AR), Tab 4, amend. RFP, at 1,6. The

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