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B-416561 1 (2018-08-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduyz0001 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 Decision Matter of: CAMRIS International, Inc. File: B-416561 Date: August 14, 2018 Bryan T. Bunting, Esq., Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP, for the protester. Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., and Scott F. Lane, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for Kelly Services, Inc., the intervenor. Christine Simpson, Esq., and Anthony E. Marrone, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Young H. Cho, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging an agency's evaluation of proposals and the ensuing selection decision is dismissed where protester's allegations, which are based on speculation, do not establish a valid basis of protest and are legally insufficient. DECISION CAMRIS International, Inc., of Bethesda, Maryland, challenges the award of a contract to Kelly Services, Inc., of Troy, Michigan, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HHS-NIH-NIDA-SOL-2018-231, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH), for scientific, technical, and other professional support services. The protester challenges the evaluation of the proposals and selection decision. We dismiss the protest. The solicitation, issued on January 9, 2018, under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 15 and 16, contemplated the award of a fixed-priced, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with reimbursable travel costs, for a three-year period of performance. Solicitation at 1, 58, 59, 62. Award was to be made on a best-value tradeoff basis considering the following factors in descending order of importance: technical, past performance, and price. Id. at 91. The technical factors were comprised of the following factors: technical capability, management approach, and financial capability. Id._ at 91-92. The solicitation advised that the technical capability factor was

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