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B-293105.2 1 (2004-10-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapkd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States Government Accountability 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: First Preston Housing Initiatives, LP File: B-293105.2 Date: October 15, 2004 J. Alex Ward, Esq., Kali N. Bracey, Esq., and Ayodele T. Carroo, Esq., Jenner & Block, for the protester. Margaret A. Dillenburg, Esq., for Michaelson, Connor & Boul, Inc., an intervenor. Carolyn Fiume, Esq., and Rachael Blackburn, Esq., Department of Housing & Urban Development, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency misled protester into raising its prices during discussions is denied where record shows that, while agency provided guidance regarding proposed pricing, protester's pricing revisions were based on its own business judgment. 2. In evaluating proposals, agency was not required to consider differences among offerors' proposed pricing structures, since solicitation did not provide for such an analysis. 3. Protest that agency misevaluated one aspect of the protester's proposal is denied where the unambiguous language of the proposal supports agency's evaluation conclusion. DECISION First Preston Housing Initiatives, LP protests the award of a contract to Michaelson, Connor & Boul, Inc. (MCB) under request for proposals (RFP) No. R-OPC-22505, issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to obtain management and marketing services in connection with the disposition of single- family homes and other property owned by HUD. First Preston maintains that the agency engaged in misleading discussions and improperly misevaluated proposals. We deny the protest.

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