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B-403912.4,B-403912.5,B-403912.6,B-403912.9 1 (2011-05-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadotj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability - Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ited S ta tes G ov ern m e n t A cco u n tab ility O ffice --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been D cision ..approved for public release. Matter of: Metropolitan Interpreters and Translators, Inc. File: B-403912.4; B-403912.5; B-403912.6; B-403912.9 Date: May 31, 2011 Holly A. Roth, Esq., Borchien Lai, Esq., Michael Bhargava, Esq., Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, for the protester. Harvey G. Sherzer, Esq., Scott Arnold, Esq., Pablo Nichols, Esq., and Shaunna Bailey, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro LLP, for AllWorld Language Consultants, Inc., the intervenor. James E. Hicks, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that discussions were unequal, misleading, and not meaningful is denied because the agency was not required to discuss areas of protester's proposal that were not considered a significant weakness or deficiency and the discussions did not prevent protester from having a reasonable opportunity for award. 2. Protest challenging evaluation of offerors' technical proposals is denied where the record shows that agency's evaluation was reasonable and supported by record, or that protester suffered no prejudice because protester's proposal received highest available technical ratings. 3. Protest that agency determination that competing offeror's lower-rated, lower-priced proposal represented a better value to government than protester's proposal is denied where agency determination was reasonable and adequately documented. DECISION Metropolitan Interpreters and Translators, Inc., of New York, New York, protests the award of a contract to AllWorld Language Consultants, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. DJD-10-R-0004, issued by the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), for linguist services. Metropolitan asserts that the agency's discussions with Metropolitan were unequal as compared to the agency's discussions with other offerors, misleading, and

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