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B-405072 1 (2011-08-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbxi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC REEASE 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: BayFirst Solutions LLC File: B-405072 Date: August 11, 2011 Lawrence P. Block, Esq., Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP, for the protester. Luisa M. Alvarez, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and Scott H. Riback, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency misevaluated protester's and awardee's proposals is denied, where record shows that agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation, as well as applicable statutes and regulations. DECISION BayFirst Solutions, LLC, of Washington, D.C., protests the award of a contract to Veteran's Solutions, Inc. (VSI), of Arlington, Va., under Department of State (DOS) solicitation No. SAQMMA-1 0-R-0331, for support services for the Bureau of Diplomatic Services mission to upgrade security at overseas locations. BayFirst argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated the proposals of BayFirst and VSI. We deny the protest. The solicitation provided that the contract would be awarded on a best value' basis considering, in descending order of importance, technical (which included management plan and transition plan subfactors) and past performance; the non- price considerations, combined, were deemed significantly more important than price. RFP, §§ M.2, M.5.2. Seven offerors, including BayFirst and VSI responded to the solicitation. Following the evaluation of proposals, VSI, with a proposed price of $17,981,903, was rated excellent for the technical and past performance factors, while BayFirst, with a proposed price of $15,169,594.20, was rated marginal for the technical and past performance factors. Award Recommendation at 7. The agency performed a best value analysis and selected VSI for award. After being advised of the agency's award decision and receiving a debriefing, BayFirst filed this protest.

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