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B-420577 Jun 13, 2022 1 (2022-06-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaonhf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision been approved for public release Matter of: RTI International File: B-420577 Date: June 13, 2022 Nooree Lee, Esq., J. Hunter Bennett, Esq., and Michael W. Pierce, Esq., Covington & Burling, LLP, for the protester. Samuel S. Finnerty, Esq., Eric A. Valle, Esq., Patrick J. Rothwell, Esq., and Anna G. Sullivan, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for Resonance Global, the intervenor. Eugene Benick, Esq., and John B. Alumbaugh, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency engaged in misleading discussions is denied where the record provides no basis on which to conclude that discussions were misleading or otherwise improper. 2. Protest challenging agency's selection of lower-rated, lower-cost proposal is denied where the record shows that the source selection decision was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION RTI International (RTI), of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, protests the award of a contract to Resonance Global (Resonance), of Burlington, Vermont, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 72049721 R-00004, which was issued by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for collaborative fisheries management in Indonesia. The protester alleges that the agency engaged in misleading discussions and challenges the best-value award determination. We deny the protest.

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