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B-413486,B-413486.2 1 (2016-11-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsss0001 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 - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: SSI File: B-413486; B-413486.2 Date: November 3, 2016 Richard B. Oliver, Esq., J. Matthew Carter, Esq., and Selena Brady, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester. Jon D. Levin, Esq., J. Andrew Watson, III, Esq., and W. Brad English, Esq., Maynard Cooper & Gale PC, for Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., the intervenor. Jason R. Smith, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency unreasonably failed to request written final proposal revisions after conducting discussions is denied where the record shows that the agency received oral revisions to proposals during discussions; the submission of written final proposal revisions was not required by the terms of the solicitation or the underlying contract; and the procurement was conducted under the regulations prescribed in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 16, not part 15. 2. Protest that the agency engaged in unequal discussions by accepting submissions from offerors after conducting oral discussions is denied, where the record shows the agency set a common date for accepting submissions in follow up to oral discussions, and the protester has not shown that it was prejudiced by the agency's conduct. 3. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester's and awardee's proposals is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. DECISION Mid Atlantic Professionals, Inc., d/b/a SSI, of Germantown, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to Yorktown Systems Group, Inc. (YSG), of Huntsville, Alabama, by the Department of the Air Force under request for proposals (RFP) No. SWMS-B005 for language services. SSI argues that the agency unreasonably

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