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B-418125,B-418125.2,B-418125.3 1 (2020-01-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeand0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO 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 Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has 1been approved for public release. Matter of: Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. File: B-418125; B-418125.2; B-418125.3 Date: January 15, 2020 Jason A. Carey, Esq., Kayleigh M. Scalzo, Esq., and Peter B. Terenzio III, Esq., Covington & Burling LLP, for the protester. Alexander B. Ginsberg, Esq., Meghan D. Doherty, Esq., and Aaron S. Ralph, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Cognosante, LLC, the intervenor. Jason A. M. Fragoso, Esq., and Vanessa L. Calabrese, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Kasia Dourney, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging an agency's evaluation of an awardee's past performance quotation as improperly crediting it with the past performance of an affiliate is denied where the awardee's quotation demonstrated it acquired full ownership of the affiliate, including its workforce and resources, and the solicitation's terms did not prohibit consideration of an affiliate's past performance. 2. Protest challenging evaluation of an awardee's price quotation is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's terms. 3. Protest alleging that an awardee received an unfair competitive advantage based on hiring a current government employee for a key personnel position is denied where the agency investigated the matter and reasonably concluded that no unfair competitive advantage was conferred upon the awardee. 4. Protest challenging the agency's best-value decision is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the awardee's quotation was superior to the protester's quotation under the non-price evaluation factors, and merited award despite a slight price premium.

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