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B-285963.9 1 (2001-03-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamlo0001 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: Northeast MEP Services, Inc. File: B-285963.9 Date: March 8, 2001 William A. Shook, Esq., Kelley P. Doran, Esq., and Gary J. Campbell, Esq., Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, for the protester. Jay P. Urwitz, Esq., Barry J. Hurewitz, Esq., and Aimen Mir, Esq., Hale and Dorr, for the Center for Technology Commercialization, the intervenor. Bernard J. Roan, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST An agency's exchange with the awardee in a negotiated procurement to clarify whether all costs related to certain proposed services were already included in the awardee's cost proposal did not constitute discussions, where the agency's request clarified information already present in the awardee's proposal and the awardee was not presented with an opportunity to revise its proposal. DECISION Northeast MEP Services, Inc. (NEMEP) protests the award of a contract to the Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. RFP2-37066-CDT, issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the operation and maintenance of the Northeast Regional Technology Transfer Center (RTTC). NEMEP contends that NASA improperly conducted discussions with CTC and not NEMEP.' We deny the protest. 'NEMEP previously challenged NASA's evaluation of proposals and selection of CTC for award. We denied that protest. Northeast MEP Servs., Inc., B-285963.5 et al., Jan. 5, 2001, 2001 CPD

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