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B-411490,B-411490.2 1 (2015-08-11)

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        G     A    O                                                  Comptroller General
      Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability                          of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
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
                    Decisionbeen approved for public release.
         D e c is io n                             L ......... ..........................................................................



         Matter of:   Partnership for Supply Chain Management

         File:        B-411490; B-411490.2

         Date:       August 11 2015

         Alan A. Pemberton, Esq., Robert Nichols, Esq., Anuj Vohra, Esq., J. Hunter
         Bennett, Esq., Nooree Lee, Esq., Catlin Meade, Esq., and Alexander
         Hastings, Esq., Covington & Burling, LLP, for the protester.
         Eric J. Marcotte, Esq., Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Marques 0. Peterson, Esq.,
         Kelly E. Buroker, Esq., Caroline A. Keller, Esq., Jacob W. Scott, Esq., and
         Kyle E. Gilbertson, Esq., Vedder Price, P.C., for Chemonics International, Inc.,
         the intervenor.
         R. Ren6 Dupuy, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for
         the agency.
         Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General
         Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         1. Protest alleging discussions regarding protester's technical proposal were
         misleading and not meaningful is denied where record reflects technical issues
         underlying agency's evaluation findings either were raised in discussions or
         introduced in protester's proposal after discussions concluded.

         2. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's technical proposal is
         denied where record reflects evaluation was reasonable and consistent with
         solicitation's evaluation criteria.

         3. Protest against agency's cost realism analysis of awardee's proposal is denied
         where record reflects agency reasonably evaluated awardee's proposed costs,
         taking into account awardee's technical approach and cost estimating methodology.
         DECISION

         Partnership for Supply Chain Management (PfSCM), of Arlington, Virginia,
         protests the award of a contract and issuance of three task orders to
         Chemonics International Inc., of Washington, D.C., by the United States
         Agency for International Development (USAID) under request for proposals (RFP)

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