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B-402109 1 (2009-12-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbct0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL AL A , GA O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Baron Services, Inc. File: B-402109 Date: December 24, 2009 Joel Brown, Esq., and Jeremy Becker-Welts, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester. H. Jack Shearer, Esq., Department of Energy, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Government Accountability Office will not consider protest of an award of subcontract as by the government, where record shows that prime contractor conducted the acquisition, including drafting solicitation and evaluation criteria, receipt and evaluation of proposals, and selection of subcontractor. DECISION Baron Services, Inc., of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the decision of Battelle Memorial Institute (Battelle), Pacific Northwest Division, of Richland, Washington, a prime contractor with the Department of Energy (DOE), not to award it a subcontract under request for proposals (RFP) No. 101350 for radars. We dismiss the protest. On April 8, 2009, Battelle issued a request for information (RFI) on the FedBizOpps website, seeking sources for a contemplated procurement of two C-Band Scanning Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Precipitation radars to support atmospheric and climate research for the ARM Climate Research Facility, which is a DOE national user facility that is managed and operated by nine DOE national laboratories, including the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).' See 'The RFI informed vendors that the RFI was issued as part of market research to address PNNL's needs and that Battelle does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI, or to otherwise pay for information in response to this RFI. RFI, April 8, 2009, at 2.