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B-418842 1 (2020-08-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebnn0001 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 Decision Matter of: The 4 Group Consulting, LLC File: B-418842 Date: August 11, 2020 Charles Maddox, The 4 Group Consulting, LLC, for the protester. Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Josephine Farinelli, Esq., Kyle E. Gilbertson, Esq., and Allison Johnson, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Christine Milne, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency improperly evaluated the protester's quotation as technically unacceptable is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable in light of the protester's failure to submit an adequately written quotation. DECISION The 4 Group Consulting, LLC, a small business of Allen, Texas, protests the award of a contract to FWDthink, Inc., of Washington, D.C., also a small business, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1430658, issued by the Department of the Air Force for virtual training courses. The protester argues that the agency improperly evaluated its quotation as technically unacceptable, and that the awardee offers less experience at a higher price. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On May 19, 2020, pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 8 and 12, the agency issued the RFQ for the procurement of two separate, two-day virtual Scale Agile Framework (SAFe) training courses to be provided over a 1-year base period with no option periods. Agency Report (AR), Tab 4, RFQ at 1; Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 2. The virtual training was to provide current lifecycle agile and waterfall methodology training for project management for engineering and testing offices located at Maxwell Air Force Base in Gunter Annex, Alabama; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; the Washington D.C. National Capital Region; and other

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