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B-286458 1 (2000-12-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalgc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting 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. Decision Matter of: J.A. Jones/Bell, A Joint Venture File: B-286458; B-286458.2 Date: December 27, 2000 Joel S. Rubinstein, Esq., and Andrew N. Cook, Esq., Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, for the protester. William W. Goodrich, Jr., Esq., Matthew S. Perlman, Esq., and David A. Vogel, Esq., Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, for Clark/Guilford, A Joint Venture, the intervenor. Jerry A. Walz, Esq., and Fred Kopatich, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the agency. Ralph 0. White, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest alleging that discussions were not meaningful in two areas is denied where the record shows that in one area, the agency clearly communicated its concerns regarding the protester's proposed approach, and in the other area, which was not raised during discussions, the protester has offered no evidence of how it might have responded to improve its proposal, and thus, has not shown that it was prejudiced by agency's decision not to raise the matter during discussions. 2. Protester's challenge to the evaluation of its proposal is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria. DECISION J.A. Jones/Bell, A Joint Venture, protests the award of a contract to Clark/Guilford, A Joint Venture, by the Department of Commerce pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. 52SBNBOC1045, issued for the construction of the Advanced Measurement Laboratory at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Jones/Bell argues that the agency failed to hold meaningful discussions regarding weaknesses in its proposal, and improperly evaluated the proposal. We deny the protest.

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