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B-295471 1 (2005-01-24)

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         G     A     0                                                Comptroller General
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United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of: STEM International, Inc.

          File:       B-295471

          Date:       January 24, 2005

          C.S. Prakash, Ph.D., for the protester.
          Kenneth A. Martin, Esq., Martin & Associates, for Integrated Systems Support
          Associates, Inc., the intevenor.
          Edward N. Ramras, Esq., United States Marine Corps, for the agency.
          Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq. Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest challenging evaluation of proposals for program management and
          engineering support services is denied, where record shows that the agency
          reasonably evaluated offerors' capability, experience, and price consistent with the
          solicitation's evaluation criteria, and reasonably determined that the awardee's
          technical superiority was worth the additional cost.
          DECISION

          STEM International, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Integrated Systems
          Support Associates, Inc. (ISSA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. M00264-04-R-
          0012, issued by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) for program management
          and engineering support services for the USMC headquarter's installation and
          logistics program.!

          We deny the protest.

          The RFP, issued as a section 8(a) set-aside, provided for the award of a time and
          materials, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a base year and four


          ' The protester was not represented by counsel and did not have access to source
          selection sensitive and proprietary information. Accordingly, our discussion in this
          decision is necessarily general in order to avoid disclosure of this information. Our
          conclusions, however, are based on our review of the entire record.

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