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B-421141,B-421141.2,B-421141.3 Dec 21, 2022 1 (2022-12-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaooce0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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:  Erimax Inc.
File:     B-421141; B-421141.2; B-421141.3
Date:     December 21, 2022
Jerry A. Miles, Esq., Deale Services, LLC, for the protester.
Devon Hewitt, Esq., for Seventh Sense Consulting, LLC, the intervenor..
Wilmary Bernal, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the agency.
Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest filed via email to GAO protest inbox is dismissed as untimely where protester
failed to timely file the protest using GAO's electronic protest docketing system which
was functioning and available during normal business hours.
2. Protest may be filed via email to GAO protest inbox when GAO's electronic protest
docketing system is universally unavailable during normal business hours, not when a
protester is experiencing difficulties with its individual account.
DECISION
ERIMAX, Inc., of Hyattsville, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to Seventh
Sense Consulting, LLC, of Woodbridge, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ)
No. CFO-22-0010, issued by the Department of Commerce for acquisition support
services for the Census Bureau. ERIMAX asserts that the agency unreasonably
evaluated the quotations of ERIMAX and Seventh Sense.
We dismiss the protest.
BACKGROUND
The solicitation was issued on June 16, 2022, as a total set-aside for small
disadvantaged business concerns with a current General Services Administration (GSA)
multiple award schedule, professional service category contract. The task order was
issued under the GSA schedule using Federal Acquisition Regulation section 8.405
procedures. Request for Dismissal (RFD) at 2, 4. On September 22, ERIMAX received

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