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B-298840.2 1 (2007-02-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaubs0001 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: Global Analytic Information Technology Services, Inc. File: B-298840.2 Date: February 6, 2007 William T. Welch, Esq., Barton, Baker, McMahon & Tolle, LLP, for the protester. James H. Roberts, III, Esq., and Carrol H. Kinsey, Jr., Esq., Van Skoyoc Kelly, PLLC, for Information Technology Experts, Inc., an intervenor. Elin M. Dugan, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency improperly downgraded protester's proposal for failing to include information showing methods for achieving cost or time savings, where such a consideration was not a stated basis for evaluation. 2. Protest that agency improperly engaged in discussions solely with awardee is sustained where awardee was permitted to submit required price escalation rate after conclusion of its oral presentation, notwithstanding agency's specific instructions that such pricing information be furnished at outset of oral presentation. DECISION Global Analytic Information Technology Services, Inc. (GAITS), the incumbent contractor, protests the award of a contract to Information Technology Experts, Inc. (ITE) under request for proposals (RFP) No. AG-3142-S-06-0039, issued by the Department of Agriculture for end-user information technology support services. GAITS asserts that the agency applied an undisclosed factor in evaluating its proposal and improperly engaged in discussions with only the awardee. We sustain the protest. The RFP contemplated the award of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to perform information technology support services for a base year, with four 1-year options. Offerors were advised that the agency would make award to the firm submitting the proposal deemed to be the best value to the government, considering price and non-price evaluation factors. Agency Report (AR)

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