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B-414749,B-414749.2,B-414749.3 1 (2017-08-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtud0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.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 a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: Addx Corporation File: B-414749; B-414749.2; B-414749.3 Date: August 28, 2017 Lee Dougherty, Esq., and Katherine S. Saphier, Esq., Montgomery Fazzone PLLC, for the protester. J. Scott Hommer III, Esq., KeirX. Bancroft, Esq., Miranda S. Riemer, Esq., and Michael T. Francel, Esq., Venable LLP, for Archetype II, LLC, the intervenor. James J. Jurich, Esq., and Kevin R. Hilferty, Esq., Department of Energy, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency misevaluated both protester's and awardee's proposals under the two most significant evaluation factors is denied where agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with solicitation criteria. 2. Protest that agency misevaluated proposals under less significant factors is denied where protester was not prejudiced by any evaluation errors because more significant factors favored awardee, and the record shows protester's challenges could at most result in protester's and awardee's proposals being deemed equal under less significant factors. DECISION Addx Corporation, of Alexandria, Virginia, a small business, protests the award of a contract to Archetype II, LLC, of Herndon, Virginia, also a small business,1 by the 1 Archetype's proposal identified it as a joint venture between a small business, RER Solutions, Inc., of Herndon, Virginia, and the incumbent contractor, Value Recovery Holding, LLC (VRH), of Columbus, Ohio. Agency Report (AR), Tab D.1, Archetype Proposal vol. I, at 127, 129. We note that Addx states that it has protested the validity of Archetype's small business status, and indicates that the protest remains pending (continued...)