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B-408464 1 (2013-09-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpui0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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 Decision [e for pic release. Matter of: Grant Thornton, LLP File: B-408464 Date: September 25, 2013 Alexander J. Brittin, Esq., Brittin Law Group, PLLC, and Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., and Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for the protester. ChristinaLynn E. McCoy, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, 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 challenging agency's decision to use a lowest-price, technically acceptable source selection scheme in a solicitation for financial audit services is denied where record reflects that prior to issuance of the solicitation, agency officials identified and documented reasonable bases for using such an approach that are not inconsistent with Federal Acquisition Regulation guidance regarding use of the lowest-price, technically acceptable source selection process. 2. Protest challenging solicitation's provision for an online reverse auction during negotiations is denied where nothing in the record or the solicitation suggests that that conducting such an auction necessarily will result in a flawed competition. DECISION Grant Thornton, LLP, of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. 781754, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency for financial audit support services. Grant Thornton contends that the solicitation improperly employs a lowest-price, technically acceptable evaluation scheme and improperly provides for the use of an online reverse auction during negotiations. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on May 17, 2013 in accordance with the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4, sought

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