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B-421687,B-421687.2,B-421687.3 Aug 23, 2023 1 (2023-08-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaopcp0001 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: eTech Solutions, LLC File: B-421687; B-421687.2; B-421687.3 Date: August 23, 2023 Meghan D. Doherty, Esq., Dinesh C. Dharmadasa, Esq., Toghrul M. Shukurlu, Esq., and Aleksey R. Dabbs, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester. Shelly L. Ewald, Esq., Lauren E. Rankins, Esq., and Jordan A. Hutcheson, Esq., Watt Tieder Hoffer & Fitzgerald, LLP, for Samtek, Inc., the intervenor. Ethan S. Chae, Esq., Pamela R. Waldron, Esq., and Krystal A. Jordan, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Uri R. Yoo, Esq., and Alexander O. Levine, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of vendors' quotations is denied where the evaluation and source selection decision were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest that the agency engaged in disparate treatment is denied where the differences in the evaluation stemmed from differences between the quotations. DECISION eTech Solutions, LLC, a small business of Silver Spring, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to Samtek, Inc., a small business of Aldie, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 230190, issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), for cloud computing and cloud-related information technology (IT) professional services. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of quotations and source selection decision. We deny the protest.

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