Discussions Not Unfair When They Result in Changes to Protester’s Evaluation Ratings; COFC No. 17-129C, The Concourse Group LLC v. United States and RER Solutions Inc.

Protest arguing the agency applied unstated criteria during the evaluation of proposals is denied, where the agency did not downgrade the protester’s proposal for failing to have agency-specific experience but for not tying its experience to the agency’s requirement; and protest challenging the agency’s discussions is denied, where the awardee’s proposal was found acceptable in its entirety and therefore only the protester benefited from discussions, where the agency gave detailed suggestions to the protester for improving its proposal, and where the fact that the agency changed its evaluation of six different elements from unacceptable to acceptable demonstrates that the discussions were fair.