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B-405737 1 (2011-12-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadomq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A 0 Comptroller General , Accountability - Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ited S ta tes G ov ern m e n t A cco u n tab ility O ffice --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been D cision ..approved for public release. Matter of. Analytic Services, Inc. File: B-405737 Date: December 28, 2011 Pamela J. Mazza, Esq., Isaias Cy Alba, IV, Esq., and Kathryn V. Flood, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for the protester. Richard L. Moorhouse, Esq., and William M. Jack, Esq., Greenberg Traurig LLP, for CENTRA Technology, Inc., the intervenor. Karen J. Kinlin, Esq., Defense Threat Reduction Agency, for the agency. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency misevaluated protester's proposal is denied where record reasonably supports evaluation and protester's arguments reflect mere disagreement with agency judgments. 2. Agency was not required to attempt to remedy proposal deficiencies through clarifications or discussions because deficiencies rendered proposal materially deficient and major revisions and additions would be required to make it acceptable. 3. Protest challenging cost/technical tradeoff decision is denied where no tradeoff was required because protester's proposal was technically unacceptable and could not form basis for award. DECISION Analytic Services, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, protests the award of a contract by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to CENTRA Technology, Inc., of Burlington, Massachusetts, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HDTRA1-11-R-0017 for advisory and assistance services in support of the agency's mission to safeguard the United States and its allies from weapons of mass destruction. Analytic asserts that the agency's evaluation of the firm's proposal was unreasonable and that the agency improperly failed to perform a cost/technical tradeoff analysis. We deny the protest.