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B-414342.2,B-414342.3,B-414342.4 1 (2019-02-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvol0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below wassubjectto Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has D been approved for public release. Matter of: Hope Village, Inc. File: B-414342.2; B-414342.3; B-414342.4 Date: February 21,2019 Christopher R. Yukins, Esq., Kristen E. Ittig, Esq., Michael E. Samuels, Esq., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, for the protester. Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., and Zachary D. Prince, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for CORE DC, LLC, an intervenor. William Robinson, Esq., Catherine Scott, Esq., and Nihar Vora, Esq., Department of Justice, 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 1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's proposal as unacceptable under technical/management factor and conduct of discussions is denied where the record provides no basis on which to conclude that discussions were not meaningful and where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest arguing awardee failed to provide sufficient proof of right to use the proposed facility as required by the solicitation is sustained where the awardee provided a letter of intent, which was not listed as a form of acceptable evidence of right to use, and the record contains no indication that the agency assessed the validity of the offeror's right to use as required by the solicitation. DECISION Hope Village, Inc., of Washington, DC, protests the award of a contract to CORE DC, LLC, of Washington, DC, under request for proposals (RFP) No. RFP-200-1270-ES, issued by the Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), for residential re-entry center (RRC) and home confinement services. The protester, which is the incumbent contractor for the requirement, challenges the evaluation of the proposals, conduct of discussions, source selection decision, and the agency's responsibility determination. We sustain the protest in part and deny the protest in part.

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