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B-411658,B-411658.2,B-411658.3 1 (2015-09-21)

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        G     A    O                                                  Comptroller General
      Accountability * 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
         Decision                                      bnapproved for public release.



         Matter of: Advanced Technologies and Laboratories International, Inc.

         File:     B-411658; B-411658.2; B-411658.3

         Date:       September 21, 2015

         Albert B. Krachman, Esq., and Harrison H. Kang, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for the
         protester.
         Kenneth B. Weckstein, Esq., Pamela A. Reynolds, Esq., and Tammy Hopkins, Esq.,
         Brown Rudnick LLP, for Wastren Advantage, Inc., the intervenor.
         H. Jack Shearer, Esq., Timothy B. O'Keefe, Esq., Kevin R. Hilferty, Esq.,
         Paul L. Whalen, Esq., and Paul R. Davis, Esq., Department of Energy, for the
         agency.
         Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         1. Protest that agency applied an unstated evaluation criterion is denied where the
         agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the
         solicitation.

         2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's past performance
         is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated
         evaluation criteria.

         3. Protest that the awardee's proposal took exception to the solicitation's
         requirement to submit proposals on a fixed-price basis is denied where the agency
         reasonably concluded that the awardee's proposal was not contingent on particular
         circumstances.
         DECISION

         Advanced Technologies and Laboratories International, Inc. (ATL), of Gaithersburg,
         Maryland, a small business, protests the award of a contract to Wastren Advantage,
         Inc. (WAI), of Piketon, Ohio, under request for proposals (RFP) No. DE-SOL-
         0005750, which was issued by the Department of Energy (DOE), for laboratory
         analysis and testing services at the Hanford Site, along the Columbia River near

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