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B-418461.10 Feb 18, 2021 1 (2021-02-18)

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                   1O   o   U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
                                A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work
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:   REV, LLC

File:        B-418461.10

Date:     February 18,   2021

Jon D. Levin, Esq., W. Brad English, Esq., Emily J. Chancey, Esq., and Michael W.
Rich, Esq., Maynard Cooper & Gale PC, for the protester.
Desiree A. DiCorcia, Esq., Frank V. DiNicola, Esq., and Tara Nash, Esq., Department of
Veterans Affairs, 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 sample tasks using a model answer
not disclosed to offerors is denied where the agency's model answer, which consisted
of high-level focus areas and related sub-areas, was reasonably related to the
requirements in the performance work statement.

2. Protest alleging various errors in the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal
is denied where the protester has failed to demonstrate that the agency's evaluation
was unreasonable  or inconsistent with the solicitation.
DECISION

REV,  LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Lakewood,
Washington, protests the elimination of its proposal from the competition by the
Department  of Veterans Affairs (VA) under request for proposals (RFP) No.
36C10B19R0046 for   professional and information technology (IT) services. REV
argues that the agency unreasonably eliminated its proposal.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The procurement  at issue is commonly referred to as the Transformation Twenty-One
Total Technology Next Generation procurement (or T4NG). Contracting Officer's
Statement (COS)  at 1. With a program ceiling of $22.3 billion, T4NG is a multiple award
indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract that provides professional and IT
services for the VA. Agency Report (AR), Tab 5, T4NG On-Ramp RFP  at 7. T4NG

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