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B-422270 Mar 29, 2024 1 (2024-03-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqci0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Done By Native, LLC File: B-422270 Date: March 29, 2024 Louay Azar for the protester. John W. Cox, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency misevaluated protester's technical quotation as unacceptable is denied where the record shows the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation evaluation criteria. DECISION Done By Native, LLC, of Clovis, New Mexico, a small business, protests the award of a contract to Global Training Services/Berlitz, of Rabat, Morocco, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 19M05523Q0006, issued by the Department of State (DOS) for foreign language instruction in French for adult students at the United States Embassy in Rabat. Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, RFQ at 8. The protester, the incumbent contractor, argues that DOS misevaluated its quotation as unacceptable and improperly awarded the contract to Global at its higher price. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on June 16, 2023, sought quotations to provide both individual and small-group French language classes through virtual and in-person settings for the embassy community. A single indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract would be awarded to the firm whose quotation was acceptable and offered the lowest price.1 RFQ at 1 (cover letter). 1 Prices were to be submitted in Moroccan Dirhams (MAD).

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