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B-299383 1 (2007-04-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptauem0001 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 Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Able Business Technologies, Inc. File: B-299383 Date: April 19, 2007 Daniel R. Gilliam for the protester. Scott W. Barber, Esq., and Michael D. Harbart, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest is denied where record demonstrates reasonable basis for agency findings pertaining to weaknesses in protester's proposal. 2. Agency was not required to equalize the competition to compensate for competitive advantage that one offeror enjoyed as a result of (1) its greater knowledge regarding government facility's infrastructure, and (2) its own existing facilities. DECISION Able Business Technologies, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Bell South Telecommunications, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. NNS060162866R, issued by the John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), for telecommunications service to the SCC via a route from the north. Able argues that the evaluation of its technical proposal and the evaluation of Bell South's past performance were unreasonable. The protester also asserts that Bell South had an unfair advantage over other firms in the competition. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency explains that at present, the SSC's telecommunication pathway runs along the Gulf Cost, where it is vulnerable to hurricane damage. Most notably, in 2005, the SSC suffered a total loss of communications services as a result of

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