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B-294358 1 (2004-10-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapoh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States Government Accountability 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: University Research Company, LLC File: B-294358; B-294358.2; B-294358.3; B-294358.4; B-294358.5 Date: October 28, 2004 John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Edmund M. Amorosi, Esq., Sophia R. Zetterlund, Esq., and Erin R. Karsman, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter & Allen, and Joseph J. Petrillo, Esq., and Karen D. Powell, Esq., Petrillo & Powell, for the protester. Devon E. Hewitt, Esq., John E. Jensen, Esq., Daniel S. Herzfeld, Esq., and Orest J. Jowyk, Esq., Shaw Pittman, for IQ Solutions, Inc., an intervenor. Mogy E. Omatete, Esq., and Douglas Kornreich, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, 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 Protest challenging the adequacy of a source selection decision is sustained where the selection official ultimately conceded that she knowingly mischaracterized in the source selection document the award recommendation of agency project officers, whose participation in the evaluation of proposals is anticipated by the agency's acquisition regulation--i.e., she wrote that the project officers recommended award to the awardee, when, in fact, they recommended award to the protester--and, as a result, she fails to state any basis for rejecting their award recommendation. Without documentation in the record explaining the basis for rejecting the input of the project officers, the Government Accountability Office has no basis for determining whether those actions were reasonable. DECISION University Research Company, LLC (URC) protests the award of a contract to IQ Solutions, Inc., by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. 277-04-6091, issued for the operation of the SAMHSA Health Information Network. URC challenges nearly every conclusion reached by the agency in its evaluation of proposals--including conclusions found in the technical evaluation, the cost realism review, and the assessment of past performance--and

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