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B-408124.3,B-408124.4 1 (2013-12-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqej0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 Decision [e for pic release. Matter of: 6K Systems, Inc.--Protest and Costs File: B-408124.3, B-408124.4 Date: December 9, 2013 Alex E. Colon, Esq., Law Offices of Alex Colon, for the protester. Jacqueline Posner, Esq., Office of Personnel Management, for the agency. Cherie J. Owen, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's evaluation of price is unreasonable where it failed to provide a reasonable basis for comparing the relative prices of offerors' competing proposals. 2. Protest that the agency failed to engage in meaningful discussions is sustained where the record shows that, although the agency held discussions, those discussions did not address a deficiency that was present in both the protester's initial and revised proposals. DECISION 6K Systems, Inc., of Leesburg, Virginia, protests the selection of Powertrain, Inc., of Landover, Maryland, for establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. OPM2613R0002, issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for knowledge portal services. 6K contends that the agency's price evaluations were flawed and failed to comply with the RFP's requirements. 6K also contends that the agency failed to hold meaningful discussions during this procurement. In addition, 6K requests that we recommend that it be reimbursed its protest costs associated with its earlier challenge to this procurement. We sustain the current protest and we recommend that 6K be reimbursed the costs of filing and pursuing its prior protest.