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B-406325,B-406325.2,B-406325.3 1 (2012-04-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoth0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S tate s G o v e rn m e n t A c c o u nta b ility O ff ice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Unsigt , Stats Gn ADOCUMENT 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 is io n ........................................................................................................................ Matter of: CH2M Hill Antarctic Support, Inc. File: B-406325; B-406325.2; B-406325.3 Date: April 18, 2012 Timothy E. Heffernan, Esq., Nicholas A. Merrell, Esq., and Steven L. Lunsford, Esq., Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP, for the protester. Marcia G. Madsen, Esq., David F. Dowd, Esq., Polly A. Myers, Esq., Cameron S. Hamrick, Esq., Luke Levasseur, Esq., and Phillip R. Dupr6, Esq., Mayer Brown LLP, for Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions, the intervenor. Benjamin I. Klein, Esq., National Science Foundation, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the assignment of an evaluation rating for the protester's technical proposal is denied where the rating was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Exchanges with the awardee were clarifications, and not discussions, where the agency requested that the awardee confirm a mistake that was apparent from the face of the proposal. 3. Protest challenging the agency's conclusion that the advantages in the awardee's technical proposal merited selection of its higher-cost proposal is denied where the award decision was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION CH2M Hill Antarctic Support, Inc., of Englewood, Colorado, protests the award of a contract to Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. DACS08P2215, issued by the National Science Foundation (NSF), for support of the United States Antarctic Program (USAP). The protester argues that the agency's evaluation of its technical proposal was unreasonable, that the agency conducted unequal discussions with the awardee, and that the selection decision was flawed.

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