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B-421196 Jan 17, 2023 1 (2023-01-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaooeo0001 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:  RemedyBiz, Inc.
File:     B-421196
Date:     January 17, 2023
Jeffrey M. Chiow, Esq., Eleanor M. Ross, Esq., Christopher M. O'Brien, Esq., and
Jordan N. Malone, Esq., Greenberg Traurig LLP, for the protester.
Matthew R. Keller, Esq., and Kristen L. Loesch, Esq., Praemia Law, PLLC, for
Centennial Technologies Inc., the intervenor.
Jill Siegelbaum, Esq., Department of Education, for the agency.
Samantha S. Lee, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protests challenging agency's oral presentation, key personnel, and technical
evaluations are denied where protester has not demonstrated that the agency's
evaluation was unreasonable or inconsistent with the terms of the solicitation.
2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of prior experience is sustained where
the agency failed to adequately document the evaluation, and the error was prejudicial
to the protester.
DECISION
RemedyBiz Inc., a small business of Reston, Virginia, protests the establishment of a
blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with, and issuance of a task order to, Centennial
Technologies Inc., a small business of Leesburg, Virginia, under Department of
Education request for quotations (RFQ) No. 91990022Q0066, for the implementation of
a new acquisition management system. RemedyBiz alleges that the agency's
evaluation of quotations and award decision were improper.
We sustain the protest.
BACKGROUND
The solicitation, set aside for small-businesses, was issued on July 18, 2022, under the
procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 utilizing the General

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