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B-298443.4 1 (2006-12-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptasqp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States 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: Partnership for Response and Recovery File: B-298443.4 Date: December 18, 2006 E. Sanderson Hoe, Esq., and Karri L. Garrett, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, for the protester. Eric J. Marcotte, Esq., Scott A. Schipma, Esq., and Nathan C. Guerrero, Esq., Winston & Strawn LLP, an intervenor. Leigh M. Hoburg, Esq., Federal Emergency Management Agency, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency is not required to limit discussions and revised proposals in taking corrective action in response to protest where it found discussions and evaluation were inadequate and new requirements have been added to the solicitation. DECISION Partnership for Response and Recovery (PaRR) protests the corrective action taken by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in response to the protest of Alltech, Inc. of FEMA's award of contracts under request for proposals (RFP) No. HSFEHQ-06-R-0013 to PaRR and Michael Baker, Jr. Corporation for housing inspection services (HIS). The RFP contemplated award of multiple indefinite- delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts for HIS, which involves providing individual housing inspectors and managing a program to deploy and oversee the inspectors when a disaster occurs. PaRR argues that the agency's revised corrective action, which consists of reopening discussions and requesting completely revised proposals, unfairly favors Alltech and is an abuse of agency discretion. We deny the protest. Alltech had protested that the agency's evaluation was irrational, unsupported by the record, and punctuated with recurring examples of blatant disparate treatment, that the discussions were incomplete, and the source selection decision was not explained or documented. Alltech's Protest Comments (B-298443, Aug. 7, 2006) at 2. After receipt of the agency report and comments thereon, our Office scheduled a

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