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B-298543 1 (2006-10-30)

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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: STG, Inc.

          File:        B-298543; B-298543.3

          Date:        October 30, 2006

          Claude P. Goddard, Jr., Esq., Daniel J. Donohue, Esq., J. Michael Littlejohn, Esq., and
          Steven J. Koprince, Esq., Akerman Senterfitt Wickwire Gavin, for the protester.
          Paul E. Pompeo, Esq., Joseph P. Hornyak, Esq., and Stuart W. Turner, Esq., Holland
          & Knight LLP, for Beta Analytics, Incorporated, an intervenor.
          Mary E. Clarke, Esq., Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, for the agency.
          Edward Goldstein, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General
          Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          1. Protest alleging bait and switch where awardee requested permission from the
          agency to substitute nine personnel after award is denied where the record does not
          establish that the awardee knowingly or negligently misrepresented its intent to
          furnish the nine individuals for whom substitution was sought.

          2. Protest challenging proposal evaluation and source selection is denied where
          record shows evaluation and award decision were reasonable and consistent with
          solicitation's evaluation terms and applicable procurement rules.
          DECISION

          STG, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Beta Analytics, Incorporated (BAI)
          under solicitation No. HROO11-06-R-0001, issued by the Defense Advanced Research
          Projects Agency (DARPA) for support services for the Security and Intelligence
          Directorate, under the Office of Management Operations at DARPA. STG challenges
          the agency's evaluation of its proposal and the agency's source selection decision,
          and alleges that BAI engaged in a bait and switch by substituting less qualified
          personnel after award as compared to the more highly qualified personnel identified
          in its proposal.'


          1 STG expressly withdrew its allegation that DARPA failed to properly consider
          organizational conflicts of interest involving BAI. Protester's Comments at 2.

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