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B-419448.4,B-419448.5 Nov 16, 2023 1 (2023-11-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaopmi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release Matter of: Aurora Industries, LLC File: B-419448.4; B-419448.5 Date: November 16, 2023 Ruth E. Ganister, Esq., Rosenthal and Ganister, LLC, for the protester. Kenneth A. Martin, Esq., The Martin Law Firm, PLLC, for Bering Global Solutions, LLC, the intervenor. Nathan E. Mires, Esq., and Robert J. Alley, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency unreasonably found proposal ineligible for award is denied where the evaluation was consistent with the solicitation and procurement law and regulation. 2. Protest that the agency unreasonably failed to conduct clarifications with the protester to rectify errors in the protester's price proposal is denied where the proposal defects could not have been cured through clarifications. 3. Protester is not an interested party to challenge the agency's evaluation of the protester's technical proposal or the eligibility of the awardee's proposal where the protester would not be in line for award even if its allegations were sustained. DECISION Aurora Industries, LLC, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Bering Global Solutions, LLC, (BGS), of Anchorage, Alaska, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 15A00021 R00000007, issued by the Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), to support the distribution and supply service center for ATF's Special Operations Division. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal and contends that the awardee may not be adhering to the RFP's limitations on subcontracting. We deny the protest.

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