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B-405663 1 (2012-02-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadonv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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. D e c i s i o n ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matter of: MANCON File: B-405663 Date: February 9, 2012 Michael L. Sterling, Esq., William M. Dozier, Esq., and William E. Franczek, Esq., Vandeventer Black LLP, for the protester. Gregory Kreutzberg, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Gary R. Allen, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a negotiated procurement that provided for the evaluation of small business subcontracting plans on a pass/fail basis, the rejection of the protester's proposal as technically unacceptable on the basis of the acceptability of its small business subcontracting plan was unreasonable. DECISION Management Consulting Inc. d/b/a MANCON, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, protests the rejection of its proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00189-1 I-R-0006, issued by the Department of the Navy for the operation of a retail store at the Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP provided for the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite- quantity contract for the operation of a walk-in retail store (the Norfolk Super SERVMART) for a base year and 4 option years. A detailed performance work statement (PWS) was provided that described the required services. See RFP, PWS, at 8-29. In addition to operating the SERVMART, the contractor will operate a mobile store to service government activities in the Hampton Roads area; provide free delivery within the area; and operate an internet store. PWS at 9.

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