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B-420070,B-420070.2 Nov 18, 2021 1 (2021-11-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaommb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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: MindPetal Software Solutions, Inc. File: B-420070; B-420070.2 Date: November 18, 2021 Devon E. Hewitt, Esq., Protorae Law PLLC, for the protester. William B. Blake, Esq., Department of the Interior, 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 unreasonably and unequally evaluated proposals is denied where the record shows that the agency evaluated the proposals in accordance with the terms of the solicitation, and did not treat offerors unfairly. DECISION MindPetal Software Solutions, Inc., a small business of Rockville, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to SourceLab, Inc. doing business as GuideOne Mobile, a small business of Brooklyn, New York, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 140P2121 R0011, issued by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS), for digital support services for the NPS mobile application. The protester argues that the agency improperly and unequally evaluated proposals and made a flawed best- value decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on May 3, 2021, as a combined synopsis/solicitation of commercial items in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 12.6 and part 13. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFP at 3. The NPS manages approximately 31 park-specific applications, and recently launched its first consolidated NPS application (called the NPS App) to easily connect visitors with all parks and provide service-wide information. AR, Tab 4, RFP, attach. 1, Performance Work Statement (PWS) at 2, 5. Through this solicitation, the NPS sought support for development, user experience/interface, and maintenance services for the NPS App. Id. at 5.

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