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B-414273,B-414273.2 1 (2017-04-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtix0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Decision The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Fintrac Inc. File: B-414273; B-414273.2 Date: April 17, 2017 David E. Fletcher, Esq., Christopher J. Kimball, Esq., and Amy S. Josselyn, Esq., Cooley LLP, for the protester. Daniel R. Forman, Esq., and Charles Baek, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for Abt Associates, Inc., an intervenor. R. Rene Dupuy, Esq., Department of State, United States Agency for International Development, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the evaluation of proposals is denied where record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. DECISION Fintrac, Inc., of Washington, D.C., protests the award of a contract to Abt Associates, of Bethesda, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 442-16-000006, issued by the Department of State, Agency for International Development (AID), for commercial horticultural development services in Cambodia. Fintrac argues that the agency misevaluated proposals and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part. BACKGROUND The RFP contemplates the award, on a best-value basis, of a cost-plus-fixed-fee type contract for a 5-year period of performance. RFP at 2, 18. Firms were advised that the agency would evaluate proposals considering cost and several non-cost factors. The RFP listed five non-cost factors as follows: technical requirements (deemed equal in importance to the remaining four non-cost evaluation factors combined); key personnel (deemed equal in importance to the remaining three non-cost evaluation factors

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