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B-310971 1 (2008-03-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavys0001 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: Colson Services Corporation File: B-310971; B-310971.2; B-310971.3 Date: March 21, 2008 Scott E. Pickens, Esq., Craig S. Burkhardt, Esq., and Richard H. Streeter, Esq., Barnes & Thornburg LLP, for the protester. Philip J. Davis, Esq., Nicole P. Wishart, Esq., and Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for Retirement System Group, Inc., an intervenor. Laura Mann Eyester, Esq., Small Business 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 challenging source selection decision is denied where source selection authority recognized that solicitation requirements not addressed by protester in its technical proposal had been satisfactorily addressed in protester's business proposal. 2. Request for clarification of whether proposed rebate amounts had been offered on a monthly or an annual basis did not constitute discussions where offerors were not given the opportunity to revise their rebate amounts. DECISION Colson Services Corporation protests the award of a contract to Retirement System Group, Inc. (RSG) under request for proposals (RFP) No. SBAHQ-07-R-0010, issued by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for Fiscal and Transfer Agent (FTA) services for the secondary market program of SBA's 7(a) Guaranteed Loan program. Colson argues that the agency's evaluation of proposals was unreasonable and that the agency improperly failed to conduct discussions with the firm. We deny the protest.

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