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B-310331.3 1 (2008-01-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavwp0001 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: Lakeside Escrow & Title Agency, Inc. File: B-310331.3 Date: January 7, 2008 James S. DelSordo, Esq., Argus Legal LLC, for the protester. Courtney B. Minor, Esq., Elisa J. Yochim, Esq., and Russell J. Cohen, Esq., Department of Housing and Urban Development, 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 Protest challenging contracting agency's evaluation of protester's proposal and exclusion of proposal from competitive range is denied where agency's evaluation and competitive range determination were reasonable and in accordance with the solicitation evaluation criteria. DECISION Lakeside Escrow & Title Agency, Inc. protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. R-CHI-00895, issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for real estate closing services in the state of Michigan. Lakeside contends that the agency's technical evaluation of its proposal was improper. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND HUD, through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), administers the Single Family Mortgage Insurance Program, which helps low- and moderate-income individuals and families achieve homeownership. Upon the default and foreclosure of an FHA-insured loan, the mortgage lender files a claim for insurance benefits and, in exchange for payment of the claim, the lender conveys the foreclosed property to HUD. The agency, by means of a management and marketing contractor, then manages and sells a sizable inventory of single family homes. In order to complete these sales, HUD requires closing agent contractors to perform all necessary closing activities on its behalf. The solicitation here involves HUD's procurement of real

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