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B-298838 1 (2006-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptassf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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: Smiths Detection, Inc. File: B-298838, B-298838.2 Date: December 22, 2006 John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Richard C. Johnson, Esq., Tamara F. Dunlap, Esq., Stephanie D. Capps, Esq., and Mary Pat Gregory, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for the protester. Thomas P. Barletta, Esq., Daniel C. Sauls, Esq., Paul R. Hurst, Esq., Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Michael C. Drew, Esq., and Ana Holmes Voss, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson LLP, for Science Applications International Corporation, an intervenor. Robert J. Sherry, Esq., Sheila A. Armstrong, Esq., Laura Patterson Hoffman, Esq., and Matthew G. Ball, Esq., Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, for American Science & Engineering, Inc., an intervenor. Catherine Anderson, Esq., and Marion Cordova, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency's evaluation and source selection decision (SSD) were flawed is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation and SSD were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation factors. 2. Source selection authority (SSA) performed a reasonable cost/technical tradeoff in determining that the awardees' proposals represented the best value, where the SSA's judgment, based upon the results of a reasonable, documented technical evaluation, demonstrates the SSA's understanding of the evaluated strengths and weaknesses of the respective proposals, and shows a reasonable weighing of the offerors' respective technical and cost advantages consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. 3. Discussions were meaningful where the discussions led the protester into the areas of its proposal that required improvement or further clarification.

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