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B-299721.3 1 (2007-08-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaczyo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General X, MAccountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: The Mangi Environmental Group, Inc. File: B-299721.3 Date: August 2, 2007 James I. Mangi for the protester. Azine Farzami, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's corrective action taken in response to earlier Government Accountability Office protest is denied; corrective action that included reopened discussions, provision of additional documents, oral presentation, and revised proposals, was reasonable response to protest that agency misled protester in discussions and where original awardee had obtained additional documents in pre-performance meeting with agency. DECISION The Mangi Environmental Group, Inc. challenges the adequacy of the agency's corrective action in response to its protest of an award to Geo Marine, Inc. (GMI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. AG3151-S-07-0001, issued by the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Service Agency (FSA), for programmatic environmental assessments (PEA). Mangi asserts that the corrective action does not remedy the competitive advantage obtained by GMI when it received post-award information that was not available to all offerors. We deny the protest. The RFP was issued in response to a lawsuit by the National Wildlife Federation against FSA that resulted in a negotiated settlement between the parties and called for an additional National Environmental Policy Act analysis of the effects of managed haying and grazing in 20 states identified in the settlement agreement. The original environmental impact statement on which the lawsuit was based was completed by Mangi. The RFP contemplated the award of a contract for 17 fixed-price contract line items, along with 2 reimbursable items (travel and

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