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B-299229.4 1 (2007-07-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaudm0001 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: MELE Associates, Inc. File: B-299229.4 Date: July 25, 2007 Pamela J. Mazza, Esq., Jonathan T. Williams, Esq., and Isaias Alba IV, Esq., PilieroMazza, for the protester. Kenneth B. Weckstein, Esq., and Michael D. Maloney, Esq., Epstein Becker & Green, PC, for Professional Project Services, Inc., an intervenor. H. Jack Shearer, Esq., Young H. Cho, Esq., and Ida Hernandez Sedillo, Esq., Department of Energy, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency unreasonably evaluated proposal under technical approach factor is denied where, although proposal offered to comply with solicitation requirements, it did not explain how protester would do so, and agency otherwise reasonably determined that proposal evidenced lack of understanding of requirements. 2. Protest that agency unreasonably evaluated proposal under corporate experience factor is denied where agency reasonably determined that proposal did not demonstrate that protester had experience performing solicitation tasks. DECISION MELE Associates, Inc. protests the rejection of its proposal in response to request for proposals (RFP) No. DE-PR52-05NA26986, issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) for services to enhance and accelerate programs for the location, removal, and protection of nuclear and radiological materials stored at foreign or domestic facilities and at risk for theft or misuse. MELE argues that DOE improperly evaluated its proposal under the technical and corporate experience factors. We deny the protest. The RFP anticipated the award of multiple contracts under which firms would be able to compete for future task orders--which may be fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee,

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