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B-416344.3,B-416344.5,B-416344.6 1 (2018-12-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvjs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.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 version has been Decision approved for public release. Matter of: Emagine IT, Inc. File: B-416344.3; B-416344.5; B-416344.6 Date: December 21, 2018 Thomas K. David, Esq., Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., and Katherine A. David, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for the protester. John R. Tolle, Esq., and H. Todd Whay, Esq., Baker, Cronogue, Tolle & Werfel, LLP, for VMD Systems Integrators, Inc., the intervenor. Anthony E. Marrone, Esq., and Tony A. Ross, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's decision to exclude the protester's expired proposal from the competition is denied where the record shows that the protester failed to exercise reasonable diligence to ensure the continuing viability of its proposal, and to allow revival of the proposal would compromise the integrity of the competitive bidding system. DECISION Emagine IT, Inc., a small business, of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the award of a task order to VMD Systems Integrators, Inc., a small business, of Reston, Virginia, by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH), under task order request for proposals (TORP) No. C-43269-SB, issued under the CIO-SP3 Small Business (SB) governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC), for professional business analysis, advisory, and assistance support services for the Secretary of the Air Force, Information Dominance & Chief Information Officer. Emagine challenges the agency's decision to exclude its proposal from the competition on the basis that the proposal had expired. We deny the protest.

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