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B-408258.2 1 (2014-05-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqir0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SG 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 Decision [e for pic release. Matter of: Windstream Communications File: B-408258.2 Date: May 21, 2014 William Weisberg, Esq., Law Offices of William Weisberg, PLLC, for the protester. Jason Blindauer, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, 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 determination that protester's proposal was technically unacceptable is denied where record reflects that evaluation was reasonable and consistent with solicitation's evaluation criteria. 2. Protest alleging agency conducted discussions with protester that were not meaningful is denied where record shows exchanges between agency and protester were clarifications, not discussions. DECISION Windstream Communications, of Herndon, Virginia, protests the elimination of its proposal from the competition under request for proposals (RFP) No. NIHLM2013681, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, for a wide area network (WAN) to connect three HHS sites. Windstream asserts that the agency's evaluation of its proposal was unreasonable and that the agency conducted discussions with the firm that were not meaningful. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The solicitation, which was issued on February 19, 2013, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract with a 5-month base period and four 1-year option periods.

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