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B-275065.2 1 (1997-02-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaftd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT 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: ATLIS Federal Services, Inc. File: B-275065.2; B-275065.3 Date: February 12, 1997 Richard J. Conway, Esq., and Robert J. Moss, Esq., Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, for the protester. Terrence J. Tychan, Department of Health & Human Services, for the agency. Aldo A. Benejam, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's contention that the agency improperly evaluated proposals is denied where the record shows that the agency evaluated in accordance with the criteria announced in the solicitation, and the record reasonably supports the generally lower ratings assigned the protester's proposal. 2. Allegation that awardee gained an unfair competitive advantage as a result of its recent performance of another contract--to conduct a database user satisfaction survey for the same agency--is denied where there is no evidence in the record that any of the information gathered during performance of that contract conferred any advantages on the awardee. 3. Contention that two members of the technical evaluation panel, who had some official business contacts with the awardee in connection with another contract, had a conflict of interest which required mitigation or that those evaluators improperly influenced the evaluation and selection decision is denied where there is no evidence in the record to support the contention. 4. Allegation that agency's analysis of awardee's proposed costs was not reasonable is denied where the record shows that in conducting the analysis, the contracting officer primarily relied on the results of an audit report conducted by the agency's financial advisory services branch, and also conducted his own analysis which was recorded in the summary of negotiations memorandum and the best value analysis, and there is no basis in the record to conclude that the calculations in these documents are not reasonably based. 1049220

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