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B-420246 Dec 21, 2021 1 (2021-12-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaomos0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo 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: RiverTech, LLC File: B-420246 Date: December 21, 2021 C. Peter Dungan, Esq., Stephen P. Ramaley, Esq., Roger V. Abbott, Esq., and Jarrod R. Carman, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge P.C., for the protester. James Y Boland, Esq., and Michael T. Francel, Esq., Venable, LLP, for Eagle Harbor, LLC, the intervenor. James E. Hicks, Esq.,Department of Justice, for the agency. Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency unreasonably evaluated technical quotations is denied where the evaluation conformed to the requirements of the solicitation and Federal Acquisition Regulation section 16.505. 2. Protest that the agency failed to conduct a proper best-value tradeoff analysis is denied because, when an agency reasonably evaluates competing quotations as essentially equal technically, no tradeoff is required in choosing the lower-priced quotation. DECISION RiverTech, LLC, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, protests the issuance of a task order to Eagle Harbor, LLC, of Manassas, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 15DDHQ21 Q00000034, issued by the Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), for professional, technical, and administrative support services for four DEA program offices. The protester asserts that the agency unreasonably evaluated technical quotations and failed to perform and document a proper best-value tradeoff analysis. We deny the protest.

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