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B-405647 1 (2011-12-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtat0001 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: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation File: B-405647 Date: December 9, 2011 Jonathan J. Frankel, Esq., John P. Janecek Esq., Deborah Raviv, Esq., and Steven D. Tibbets, Esq., Steese, Evans & Frankel, P.C., for the protester. Kevin P. Mullen, Esq., Leslie H. Lepow, Esq., and Daniel E. Chudd, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, for ICF International, Inc., an intervenor. Scott C. Briles, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's evaluation of the awardee's experience is not supported by the record where the agency credited the awardee with the experience of a corporate affiliate, even though the affiliate had not been proposed to meaningfully participate in the performance of the task order. 2. Protest is sustained where the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester's proposal under several evaluation criteria. DECISION Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to ICF Incorporated, LLC, of Fairfax, Virginia, under request for task order proposals (RFTOP) No. 2011 -IM-0009, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for surveillance and electronics laboratory exchange support. Northrop argues that the agency's evaluation of the offerors' proposals was unreasonable.1 1 Although the solicitation sought award of a task order, the term proposal is utilized throughout the solicitation and record. Since the evaluation and source selection scheme were similar to a negotiated procurement, whether the vendor's (continued...)

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