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B-421105.2 Apr 27, 2023 1 (2023-04-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaoooe0001 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: Skyward IT Solutions, LLC File: B-421105.2 Date: April 27, 2023 David B. Dixon, Esq., Robert C. Starling, Esq., Toghrul M. Shukurlu, Esq., and Aleksey R. Dabbs, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester. Pamela R. Waldron, Esq., and Kevin Misener, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the awardee had an unfair competitive advantage and a disqualifying organizational conflict of interest based on a consulting agreement with a former government official is denied where the record does not support the allegation. 2. Protest challenging the agency's failure to evaluate the awardee's professional compensation plan for realism in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.222-46 is denied where the protester cannot show competitive prejudice from the agency's improper omission of FAR provision 52.222-46 from the solicitation, where the solicitation did not otherwise require firms to submit compensation plans, and where no firms submitted compensation plan information. 3. Protest arguing that the agency should have performed a price realism analysis is denied when the agency was not required, nor permitted, to perform a price realism evaluation where the solicitation did not provide for that assessment. 4. Protest challenging exchanges conducted solely with the awardee as unreasonable is denied where the exchanges were conducted in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Skyward IT Solutions, LLC (Skyward), a small business located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to eSimplicity, Inc., a small business located in Silver Spring, Maryland, under request for quotations (RFQ)

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