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B-286663 1 (2001-01-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamms0001 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: International Resources Group File: B-286663 Date: January 31, 2001 John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Jennifer A. Mahar, Esq.,and Nils R. Kessler, Esq., Smith, Pachter, McWhorter & D'Ambrosio, for the protester. Jessica C. Abrahams, Esq., and Lorenzo F. Exposito, Esq., Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, for PA Consulting Group, an intervenor. Kevin F. O'Donnell, Esq., Agency for International Development, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. For purposes of Federal Acquisition Regulation § 15.505(a)(1), which provides that an offeror may request a preaward debriefing by submitting a written request for debriefing to the contracting officer within 3 days after receipt of the notice of exclusion from the competition, where e-mail notification of an offeror's exclusion from the competitive range enters the offeror's computer system after close of business or on a weekend or holiday and is not opened before the following business day, receipt of the notice is considered to have occurred on that business day. 2. Agency improperly reopened discussions with only one of several offerors in the competitive range after receipt of final revised proposals. DECISION International Resources Group (IRG) protests the rejection of its proposal and the award of a contract to Hagler Bailly Services, Inc. (HBS)' under request for proposals No. OEE11284-00-003, issued by the Agency for International Development (AID) for technical assistance and training to improve the management of natural resources, especially water and energy, in the Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The protester contends that the agency misled it during discussions and engaged in improper discussions with HBS. 1 Subsequent to award of the contract, HBS was acquired by PA Consulting Group.

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