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B-270354 1 (1996-02-28)

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Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548

Decision                                  DECISION FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                         A protected decision was issued on the date below
                                         and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This
                                         version has been redacted or approved by the parties
                                         involved for public release.


Matter of. Ogden Support Services, Inc.

File:        B-270354

Date:        February 28, 1996

Ronald K. Henry, Esq., and Mark A. Riordan, Esq., Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays &
Handler, for the protester.
Joel Feidelman, Esq., James J. McCullough, Esq., Catherine E. Pollack, Esq., and
Lawrence E. Ruggiero, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, for SSI
Services, Inc., an intervenor.
Lisa Miller, Esq., Central Intelligence Agency, for the agency.
Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision., for the protester.
DIGEST

Agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions with the protester where it did not
identify during discussions the significant evaluated weaknesses and deficiencies in
the protester's proposal that needed to be addressed in order for the protester's
proposal reasonably to be considered for award.
DECISION

Ogden Support Services, Inc. protests the award of a contract to SSI Services, Inc.
under request for proposals (RFP) No. 95-ZO6, issued by the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) for operations and maintenance services at the CIA Headquarters,
Langley, Virginia, and at 13 other facilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan
area. Ogden protests the CIA's evaluation of proposals, conduct of discussions, and
source selection decision.

We sustain the protest because the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions.

The RFP contemplated the award of a cost-plus-award-fee, level-of-effort contract
for a 5-year contract period.1 A best value basis for award was stated with
technical/management, experience/past performance, security, and cost identified as


'This RFP combined the requirements from several contracts, for which Ogden was
the incumbent contractor.


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