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B-289453 1 (2002-03-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaodd0001 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 Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Kathryn Huddleston and Associates, Ltd. File: B-289453 Date: March 11, 2002 Kathryn Huddleston for the protester. Judith P. Morrison for Act II Management Consultants, the intervenor. Christopher J. Wood, Esq., and Craig R. Schmauder, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a procurement under simplified acquisition procedures where the agency elected to establish a competitive range and conduct discussions, the agency improperly excluded the protester's low-priced quote from the competitive range and conducted discussions with only the awardee, where the protester's and awardee's quotes failed to satisfy the same solicitation requirements and the record did not support the agency's determination that the protester would not have had a realistic chance of receiving award if it had been afforded discussions. DECISION Kathryn Huddleston and Associates, Ltd. (KHA) protests the rejection of its quote and award of a purchase order to Act II Management Consultants under request for quotations (RFQ) No. DACW87-01-Q-0160, issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for educational services. KHA challenges the evaluation of its quote and complains that the agency conducted discussions with only Act II. We sustain the protest.! 1 Because a protective order was not issued in connection with this case, the language in our decision, which is based in part upon source selection sensitive and confidential information, is necessarily general.

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