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B-287185.2 1 (2001-05-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptampa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: RS Information Systems, Inc. File: B-287185.2; B-287185.3 Date: May 16, 2001 Mary Beth Bosco, Esq., Norah D. Molnar, Esq., and T. Michael Guiffr6, Esq., Patton Boggs, for the protester. Kenneth J. Ingram, Esq., and Michael A. Stover, Esq., Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, for STG, Inc., an intervenor. Carol A. Cowgill, Esq., Environmental Protection Agency, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Where flaws in original cost evaluation require agency to reopen competition, prior disclosure of awardee's contract price and request for revised cost proposals do not create an improper auction. 2. Allegation that agency misled protester by advising it that its original evaluated cost was lowest among all offerors, is denied where agency's detailed cost discussions provided protester with all information necessary to prepare competitive offer; protester's decision not to submit lower cost proposal reflects its own business judgment and was not the result of misleading advice from the agency. DECISION RS Information Systems, Inc. (RSIS) protests the award of a contract to STG, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. PR-HQ-99-16699, a competitive section 8(a) set-aside, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for telecommunications support services. RSIS challenges several aspects of the procurement. We deny the protest.

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