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B-310542 1 (2008-01-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavxc0001 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: Horizon Industries, Limited File: B-310542 Date: January 7, 2008 Jeffrey A. Lovitky, Esq., for the protester. Capt. Robert T. Wu, Department of the Army, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of proposal evaluation and award decision is denied where record shows they were reasonable and consistent with solicitation's terms. DECISION Horizon Industries, Limited protests the agency's evaluation of proposals and the award of a contract to Phacil under request for proposals (RFP) No. W91QUZ-06-R- 0052, issued by the Department of the Army for contract and technical support services. Horizon challenges the evaluation rating (exceptional, the highest rating available) given to the awardee's proposal for technical merit and past performance; the protester contends that the awardee's proposal instead should have been downgraded for failing to demonstrate that the awardee's proposed personnel and past performance met the RFP's personnel qualification requirements. Horizon also contends that its past performance should have been rated higher than acceptable and that the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions with it regarding a perceived need for additional information about its prior work. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on May 22, 2007, contemplated the award of an indefinite- delivery/indefinite-quantity contract at fixed hourly rates for acquisition, contract administration, and close-out services for the Army Contracting Agency, Information Technology E-Commerce, and Commercial Contracting Center (ITEC) and its

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