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B-413611,B-413611.2 1 (2016-11-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsvv0001 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: Ameritac, Inc. File: B-413611; B-413611.2 Date: November 28, 2016 Wayne A. Keup, Esq., Wayne A. Keup, PLLC, for the protester. Antonio Robinson, Esq., U.S. Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Richard B. Oliver, Esq., J. Matthew Carter, Esq., and Mary E. Buxton, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman LLP, for Alutiiq Security and Technology, LLC, the intervenor. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's evaluation of offeror's past performance is reasonable where the evaluation of past performance is consistent with the evaluation criteria and supported by the evaluation record. 2. Protest that agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions is denied where the agency led the offeror into the area of its proposal requiring amplification or revision. 3. Agency's selection of a higher-rated, slightly higher-priced proposal is unobjectionable where the source selection authority identified distinctions between the proposals warranting payment of the price premium. DECISION Ameritac, Inc., a small business of Concord, California, protests the award of a contract to Alutiiq Security and Technology, LLC, under request for proposals (RFP) No. AG-32SC-S-14-0010, issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, for operations and maintenance support services at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research Center (NCAUR) in Peoria, Illinois. Ameritac challenges the agency's evaluation of the protester's past performance, conduct of discussions with Ameritac, and award decision. We deny the protest.

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