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B-418875.2,B-418875.4 1 (2020-10-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebwi0001 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 Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: MindPoint Group, LLC File: B-418875.2; B-418875.4 Date: October 8, 2020 Attison L. Barnes, Esq., Tracye W. Howard, Esq., Gary S. Ward, Esq., and Sarah Hansen, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Edward J. Tolchin, Esq., Offit Kurman Attorneys at Law, for CENTERPOINT, Inc., the intervenor. Robert D. Banfield, Esq., and William B. Blake, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of quotations and award decision is denied where record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest that awardee's proposal is unacceptable because the awardee failed to notify the agency before award that a proposed key person was unavailable is denied where the record does not clearly indicate that the proposed key person was unavailable prior to award. 3. Allegation that the agency failed to conduct a price realism analysis is denied because the protester has not demonstrated that the awardee's price was unrealistic. DECISION MindPoint Group, LLC (MPG), a small business of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to CENTERPOINT, Inc. (Centerpoint), a small business of Leesburg, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 140DO420Q0189, issued by the Department of the Interior (DOI), on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for cybersecurity support services in support of HHS's Office of the Chief Information Officer. MPG raises various challenges to the agency's evaluation of MPG's and Centerpoint's quotations.

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