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oComptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548
Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
A protected decision was issued on the date below
and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This
version has been redacted or approved by the parties
involved for public release.
Matter of: Barents Group, L.L.C.
File: B-276082; B-276082.2
Date: May 9, 1997
Brian A. Darst, Esq.; William A. Roberts III, Esq.; Lee P. Curtis, Esq.; Jerone C.
Cecelic, Esq.; and Andrew D. Irwin, Esq., Howrey & Simon, for the protester.
Robert A. Mangrum, Esq.; and Jason I. Hewitt, Esq., Winston & Strawn for
Chemonics International, Inc.; Paul Shnitzer, Esq., and Mark D. Taylor, Esq., for
Booz-Allen & Hamilton; Dean M. Dilley, Esq., and Mary Beth Bosco, Esq., Patton
Boggs, for Abt Associates, Inc., intervenors.
Rosemary T. Rakas, Esq., and William D. Jones, Agency for International
Development, for the agency.
John Van Schaik, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Under solicitation that calls for proposals to provide resumes for various labor
categories, including investment bankers, and to provide adequate evidence of
appropriate academic credentials and depth of experience and professional
qualifications as specified in [the] RFP for the designated areas of technical
specialty, the evaluation was flawed since the resumes submitted by one awardee
for the investment banker category do not appear to meet a reasonable definition of
investment banker.
2. Under solicitation that calls for fixed daily salaries and fixed multipliers for
personnel, award is flawed because awardee's proposal included conditions on its
multipliers. Since awardee's proposal included conditions on its multipliers, no
award could be made based on that proposal without opening discussions in order
to remove those conditions or amending the solicitation to allow other offerors to
propose on the same terms.
DECISION
Barents Group, L.L.C. protests the award of contracts to Chemonics International,
Inc., Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc., Abt Associates, Inc., Carana Corporation, and
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu under request for proposals (RFP) No. OP/B/PCE-96-001
issued by the Agency for International Development (AID) for technical assistance
to support AID's Economic Growth Center.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptafxi0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)