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B-296946.6 1 (2006-06-15)

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A         G    A    O                                                   Comptroller General
.       Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                        of the United States
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: University of Dayton Research Institute

          File:        B-296946.6

          Date:        June 15, 2006

          Daniel A. Bellman, Esq., and William R. Wernet, Esq., for the protester.
          Lt. Col. Sharon K. Sughru, and Brett J. Swanson, Esq., Department of the Air Force,
          for the agency.
          Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Agency's communications with awardees following submission of initial proposals,
          during which awardees made multiple changes to the evaluated rates on which the
          agency's source selection decision was based, constituted discussions and required
          that the agency establish a competitive range and conduct discussions with all
          competitive range offerors.
          DECISION

          University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) protests various actions of the
          Department of the Air Force taken in connection with request for proposals (RFP)
          No. FA8222-04-R-1000 to provide design, engineering and technical support services.
          Among other things, UDRI protests that the agency failed to conduct meaningful
          discussions.

          We sustain the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          The Air Force issued RFP No. FA8222-04-R-1000 in October 2004, seeking proposals
          to provide design and engineering/technical support services for the Department of

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