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GAO Sustains, Says Agency Applied Unstated Criterion

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The protester challenged its elimination from consideration for a pool of architect-engineer IDIQ contracts, arguing the agency improperly dinged its qualifications statement for not including a design-bid-build (DBB) project for new construction of a single vertical facility.

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