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B-414434,B-414434.2 1 (2017-06-14)

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GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                 Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States
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                                            DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                          The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                  a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                          been approved for public release.


Matter of:  Team People LLC

File:       B-414434; B-414434.2

Date:       June 14, 2017

David Asaki, Esq., Law Office of David Asaki, for the protester.
Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., Thomas K. David, Esq., and Katherine A. David, Esq., David,
Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for the intervenor.
Christopher M. Johnson, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the
agency.
Young S. Lee, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the evaluation of awardee's proposal and source selection
decision is denied where record supports the agency's evaluation and award decision.

2. Protest that award decision was influenced by bias is dismissed where allegations
are untimely.
DECISION

Team People, LLC, a small business of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the award of a
contract to International Development & Resources, Inc. (IDR), a small business of
Centreville, Virginia, under Request for Proposals (RFP) No. NIHOD2016243, issued by
the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH), for a
wide range of event management and video production services. The protester
challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal, contends that NIH's award decision
is flawed, and alleges that the agency was motivated by improper influence and bias.

We dismiss the protest in part and deny the protest in part.

BACKGROUND

On December 6, 2017, the agency issued the RFP as a total small business set-aside
for event management and other related technical services. RFP at 10-11. The
competition was conducted pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition

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