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B-413652.2,B-413652.3,B-413652.4 1 (2017-07-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtoc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: A-T Solutions, Inc. File: B-413652.2; B-413652.3; B-413652.4 Date: July 5, 2017 Anuj Vohra, Esq., Nooree Lee, Esq., and Evan R. Sherwood, Esq., Covington & Burling, LLP, for the protester. Joseph G. Billings, Esq., and Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge PC, for American Systems Corporation, an intervenor. Abigail Stokes, Esq., Wendy laci, Esq., T. DeShawn Davis, Esq., and Wayne Wright, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest alleging that agency unreasonably declined to reopen discussions where, after submission of final proposal revisions, protester's proposal became technically unacceptable because one of its key personnel became unavailable is denied; record shows that agency engaged in two rounds of meaningful discussions and agency, in its discretion, reasonably declined to reopen discussions to allow protester to revise its proposal. DECISION A-T Solutions, Inc. (ATS), of Fredericksburg, Virginia, protests its elimination from consideration for the issuance of a task order under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00024-15-3584, issued by the Department of the Navy for operation and training support services related to the analysis and management of identified and recovered explosive hazards. ATS also protests the issuance of a task order for the services to American Systems Corporation, of Chantilly, Virginia. ATS maintains that the Navy unreasonably declined to reopen discussions after ATS advised it of the unavailability of one of its proposed key personnel. ATS also maintains that American Systems failed to keep the agency apprised as to the availability of its personnel. We deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part.