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B-405081.5 1 (2012-12-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadppb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General AccountAb iliy * Intglrty * ReIiabiiity 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 L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Quest Diagnostics, Inc. File: B-405081.5 Date: December 19, 2012 Merle M. DeLancey, Esq., Justin A. Chiarodo, Esq., and Adele H. Lack, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro LLP, for the protester. David Frulla, Esq., Robert I. Steiner, Esq., and Donnelly L. McDowell, Esq., Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, for Laboratory Corporation of America, Inc., an intervenor. Maj. John C. Dohn II, Department of the Army, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest arguing that agency failed to give protester's proposal sufficient credit for advantages associated with protester's status as incumbent is denied where protester fails to demonstrate that agency's evaluation was unreasonable. 2. Source Selection Authority reasonably selected lower-rated, lower-priced proposal for award where he determined that slight advantage to higher-rated offeror's proposal was not worth the price premium associated with its proposal. DECISION Quest Diagnostics, Inc., of Madison, New Jersey, protests the award of a contract to Laboratory Corporation of America, Inc. (LabCorp), of Burlington, North Carolina, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W81 K04-1 0-R-0005, issued by the Department of the Army for laboratory testing services. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals and its best value tradeoff determination. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, which was issued on August 20, 2010, sought a contractor to provide clinical reference laboratory services in support of the U.S. Armed Forces. The solicitation contemplated the award of an indefinite-quantity contract for a 6-month

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