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B-418273.3,B-418273.4 1 (2020-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecfs0001 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 V V been approved for public release. Matter of: DevTech Systems, Inc. File: B-418273.3; B-418273.4 Date: December 22, 2020 David B. Dixon, Esq., Robert C. Starling, Esq., and Toghrul Shukurlu, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester. C. Peter Dungan, Esq., and Holly Drumheller Butler, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge P.C., for International Development Group Advisory Services, LLC, the intervenor. John B. Alumbaugh, Esq., and Eugene J. Benick, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions during corrective action is denied where the agency reasonably limited discussions to revisions to key personnel. Protest that the agency conducted unequal discussions is sustained where the agency requested that the awardee confirm that its proposed subcontractors would comply with a cost ceiling, but did not provide the protester with an opportunity for discussions. 2. Protest that the agency's technical and cost evaluations unreasonably changed over the course of three evaluations, two of which were the result of corrective action in response to prior protests, is denied, where a different source selection authority was responsible for the final award. 3. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated technical proposals is denied where the evaluations were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 4. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the realism of offerors' proposed costs is sustained where the agency concedes that errors were made in the evaluation, and other areas of the evaluation are not supported by the record.

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