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B-299361.2,B-299361.3 1 (2008-10-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadapq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General c 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: Information Ventures, Inc. File: B-299361.2; B-299361.3 Date: October 1, 2008 John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., and Mary Pat Gregory, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter, for the protester. Thomas K. David, Esq., and Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for Gryphon Scientific, LLC, an intervenor. Jonathan A. Baker, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal, submitted in response to a solicitation for the management of chemical and biological databases, was reasonable and in accordance with the solicitation's evaluation criteria, where the protester's proposal was downgraded because, among other things, one of the proposed key personnel lacked certain experience and training, and where the protester's initial proposal and final proposal revision stated that certain details regarding the protester's proposed approach were not provided because of what the protester viewed as informational deficiencies in the solicitation, and that this information would be provided during contract performance. 2. Discussions conducted by the agency were meaningful where they identified the evaluated deficiencies and significant weaknesses in the protester's proposal; there is no requirement that discussions be all encompassing, or that an agency, in identifying the deficiencies and significant weakness in a proposal, also identify possible solutions to those deficiencies and significant weaknesses. DECISION Information Ventures, Inc. (IVI) protests the award of a contract to Gryphon Scientific, LLC, under request for proposals (RFP) No. NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-07-27, issued by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Department of Health and Human Services, for the management of certain chemical

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