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B-299542.3 1 (2007-11-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaufh0001 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: AT&T Corp. File: B-299542.3; B-299542.4 Date: November 16, 2007 Thomas C. Papson, Esq., John G. Horan, Esq., Jason A. Carey, Esq., Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Grant B. Rabenn, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, for the protester. Thomas L. McGovern III, Esq., Todd R. Overman, Esq., and Ann M. Lichter, Esq., Hogan & Hartson LLP, for Nortel Government Solutions, Inc., an intervenor. Seth Binstock, Esq., Lucinda Davis, Esq., Ellen Rothschild, Esq., and Uri Ko, Esq., Social Security Administration, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's discussions with protester were not meaningful where the agency found the protester's staffing plan contained significant weaknesses but failed to sufficiently identify the scope of the agency's concerns in discussions. 2. Protest challenging the evaluation of awardee's management approach proposal (specifically, its proposed staffing plan) is sustained where the agency subsequently reached conclusions that differed from the underlying evaluation findings, and provided no explanation for the inconsistency. 3. Protest challenging the evaluation of offerors' technical proposals is denied where the record establishes that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the evaluation criteria. 4. Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester's past performance is denied where the record establishes that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria. DECISION AT&T Corp. protests the award of a contract to Nortel Government Solutions, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. SSA-RFP-06-1031, issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA) for the agency's telephone systems replacement

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