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B-409169.3,B-409169.4 1 (2014-06-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqjm0001 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 been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: H P Enterprise Services, LLC File: B-409169.3; B-409169.4 Date: June 16, 2014 Kevin J. Maynard, Esq., Rand L. Allen, Esq., W. Barron A. Avery, Esq., and Gary S. Ward, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., Gabriel E. Kennon, Esq., and Amy J. Spencer, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for XTec, Inc., the intervenor. Paul B. Oman, Esq., and Joshua Bartz, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the acceptability of the awardee's proposed technical solution is denied where record demonstrates that the agency reasonably found that the awardee's proposed technical solution demonstrated compliance with the solicitation requirements. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's price is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the awardee's price was accurate, complete, and reasonable in accordance with the solicitation, and where the solicitation did not require a price realism analysis. 3. Protest asserting that the agency's pre-award communications with the awardee constituted unequal discussions is denied where the exchanges were not essential to determine the acceptability of the awardee's proposal, and did not provide the awardee an opportunity to materially revise or modify its proposal. 4. Protest challenging the agency's analysis of whether the awardee had an organizational conflict of interest is denied where the protester does not allege hard facts which indicate the existence of a conflict.

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